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Diego Martin is an urban commercial center and capital city of the Diego Martin Region in Trinidad and Tobago. Its location in the region is just on the south eastern border of Diego Martin Region, West of the capital city of Port of Spain and east of the town of Carenage. The Diego Martin Town in the Northern Range was once filled with a number of small valleys but is now a densely populated area. It was named after a Spanish explorer Don Diego Martín. The area was settled by French planters and their slaves in the 1780s. It consists of a cluster of communities including Congo Village, Diamond Vale, Green Hill, Patna Village, Petit Valley, Blue Range, La Puerta Avenue, Four Roads, Rich Plain, River Estate, Blue Basin, Water Wheel, West Moorings, Bagatelle and Sierra Leone. Petit Valley extends from the Four Roads area all the way through the hills of the Northern Range crossing over into Maraval. The Maple Leaf (Canadian) International School is located in Petit Valley. "Patna" reflects the settlement of Indo-Trinidadian indentured labourers, while "Congo" and "Sierra Leone" refer to free African indentured labourers.〔 Places to visit include the historical Waterwheel and the Blue Basin waterfalls, especially the magnificent Blue Basin waterfall. The town area is administered by the Diego Martin Regional Corporation and is the home town of Miss Universe 1998, Wendy Fitzwilliam. ==Climate== The climate of Diego Martin is tropical, and temperature varies little between the wet and dry seasons. Diego Martin Town Holds The Lowest Temperature In the Region of Diego Martin Being 9 °C (48 °F). Also holding the highest for the Diego Martin Region at 98 °F (36 °C). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Diego Martin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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