Siparia

Siparia is a town in southern Trinidad, south of Penal and west of Fyzabad. Originally a non-Mission Amerindian settlement, Siparia grew to be the administrative centre for County St. Patrick. Today it is a commercial centre and market town serving the surrounding agricultural areas and oil fields. Siparia is also the seat of the Siparia Regional Corporation.

Siparia is the site of the annual festival of La Divina Pastora (also known as the Siparia Fete). A Black Virgin statute at the La Divina Pastora Roman Catholic Church is venerated both by Catholics and by Hindus who call her Siparee Mai.

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See also: Siparia, Agriculture, Amerindian, Black Virgin, Caribbean, Fyzabad, Hinduism, Oil field, Penal