Region Tunapuna-Piarco ZIP code 350462 | County Saint George County Area code 643 | |
La Horquetta is a diverse middle-class neighborhood in South Arima, just 9 km (5 mi) south of the Arima Town Center in East Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago. It is located in the South Eastern corner of the Tunapuna-Piarco Region. La Horquetta is bounded by the Churchill Roosevelt Highway to the north, Arima river to the west Brazil river to the south and the Aripo Savannas to the east and is adjacent to two other Arima neighborhoods: Malabar to the north, and Carapo to the east. La Horquetta is patrolled by the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service's, La Horquetta Department, as well as Neighborhood Watch and the national organization, Community Comfort Patrol. La Horquetta is dividing into 8 sections, Phase 1, Phase 2, Phase 3, Phase 4, Phase 5, Phase 6, Phase 7 and the newly built Greenvale Park. It also claims the title of being the largest housing project completed by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago.
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Phases
The neighborhood of La Horquetta is the largest housing development and neighborhood in Trinidad and Tobago, Hence the reason it is dividing into 8 Phases (7 Phases proper).
Bus Network
La Horquetta's bus network provides extensive service across the neighborhood, as well as to the Borough Center of Arima in Central Arima, and to the country's capital city of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Nearly all bus lines serving La Horquetta terminate there; most do so at the last stop for the La Horquetta route at the Phase 7 bus stop.
There is also an extensive Yellow School Bus servicing the Primary Schools and Early Childhood learning centers in the neighborhood as well as the outskirts.
Major Roadways
Secondary Schools and High Schools
There are no Secondary or High Schools in La Horquetta.
Primary Schools
La Horquetta's public schools are operated by the Ministry of National Security.
Public primary schools in La Horquetta include:
Early Childhood Care And Education Centers
Health
The La Horquetta Health Center, Is a government-owned health facility for the neighborhood, It is located in Phase 3 next to the Post Office and is the only Health Facility in the La Horquetta neighborhood.
Community Facilities
Churches
There are 5 established churches in the neighborhood.
Crime
Before 2012 when Neighborhood Watch was installed into the neighborhood, La Horquetta was one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in Arima and Trinidad and Tobago on the whole. Since then the crime and murder rate in the neighborhood has slown down drastically almost to a point of it being non-existent.
According to a Sunday Newsday count there has been a steady decrease in murders in the past four years: