5-710: Tunapuna is a town in the East–West Corridor of the island of Trinidad , in Trinidad and Tobago . Tunapuna is located between St. Augustine , Tacarigua and Trincity . Tunapuna is the largest town between San Juan and Arima . It is an important market and commercial centre, and is the seat of the Tunapuna–Piarco Regional Corporation . The Tunapuna Parliamentary seat is a marginal, hence popular wisdom dictates: "If you win Tunapuna, you win
10-605: The elections." The only gurdwara ( Sikh temple) in Trinidad and Tobago is located in Tunapuna and dates back to some of the first Punjabi Indian immigrants in 1929. For more than one hundred years, Tunapuna has been a Carnival venue. Each year this regional carnival, which is a showcase for traditional and conventional mas, steel band, and stick fighting, is organised by the Tunapuna Carnival Committee. The renowned writer and scholar C. L. R. James
15-542: The works of a technocrat named Lynette Attwell. The Corridor includes such towns as Laventille , Morvant , Barataria , San Juan , St. Joseph , Champs Fleurs, Curepe , St. Augustine , Valsayn , Tunapuna , Macoya , Trincity , Tacarigua , Arouca , D'Abadie , and El Dorado. For the most part it runs along the Eastern Main Road , between the Churchill–Roosevelt Highway and the foothills of
20-463: Was born and is buried here, and popular 1950s pianist Winifred Atwell was born here. The song Tuna Puna Trinidad was the B-side of a single released by Petula Clark in 1955. Songwriter, composer, writer and director Donald Heywood , best remembered for composing " I'm Coming Virginia " in 1926, which became a hit for Ethel Waters . was born in Tunapuna in 1896. Professional footballer Stern John
25-407: Was born in Tunapuna. 10°38′N 61°23′W / 10.633°N 61.383°W / 10.633; -61.383 East%E2%80%93West Corridor The East–West Corridor is the built-up area of north Trinidad stretching from the capital, Port of Spain , 24 kilometres (15 mi) east to Arima . The term was coined by economist and political philosopher Lloyd Best , after gleaning
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