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TRINBAGOPAN.COM - A Brief History of Arouca |
 | | The village of Arouca is a small village situated in north-central Trinidad and is a few miles west from the town of Arima. |
| | The term "Arouca" is a derivative of the Arawakan word "Arauca" which refers to the Arawak clan as well as the group of Amerindian languages popular in the northern regions of South America before the language became predominantly Spanish after the era of colonialism. |
| | Although Arouca had become a relatively large village having 509 domestic houses, 53 commercial buildings, 743 agricultural laborers, 28 planters and 71 hucksters and shopkeepers, the introduction of the railway to Sangre Grande in 1898 quickly diminished the population by almost a thousand by 1900. |
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