TRINIDAD

city, northeastern Bolivia. It lies in the Moxos (Mojos) Plains, an ancient lake bed stretching eastward from the foothills of the Andean eastern cordillera. In 1686 Jesuits led by Father Cipriano Barrace founded a mission at the present site of the city, naming it Trinidad (Trinity) for the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity. With the construction of an airport, a road to Puerto Ballivin (5 miles west-northwest on the Mamor River), and a road to Cochabamba, Trinidad has become a busy commercial centre for sugarcane, rice, cotton, and beef. It also has a sugar refinery. The city is the seat of the Mariscal Jose Ballivin Bolivian University (1967). Pop. (1990 est.) 51,905. city, southwest Sancti Spritus provincia, central Cuba. It lies on the southern slopes of the Sierra de Trinidad, north of its Caribbean port of Casilda. Founded in 1514 by Diego Velzquez, it prospered during the colonial era and for some time was Cuba's wealthiest city. To preserve the colonial atmosphere and to honour former residentsamong whom were the Spanish explorer Hernn Corts and the German naturalist Alexander von HumboldtTrinidad has been declared a national monument. The city has numerous and varied industries, including sugar refineries, dairies, sawmills, and cigar and cigarette factories. Highways lead from Trinidad to Cienfuegos city, 50 miles (80 km) to the northwest, and to Sancti Spritus city, 50 miles to the east-northeast. A railroad crosses the island from Trinidad to Caibarin on the northern coast, and the city of Trinidad has an airport. Pop. (1988 est.) 46,801. city, seat (1866) of Las Animas county, south-central Colorado, U.S., situated on the Purgatoire River in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Range at an elevation of 6,025 feet (1,836 m), south of Pueblo. Near the foot of Raton Pass (12 miles south on the Colorado-New Mexico border), the site was a camping ground for traders, hunters, and cattlemen traversing the Santa Fe Trail. In 1870 the Santa Fe Railway built a line through the pass, and the settlement (named for Trinidad Baca, daughter of an early settler) developed as a coal-mining and shipping centre. Coal production, which decreased steadily after 1900, has been supplemented by cattle industries (dairying, meat-packing), wood processing, and the manufacture of bricks, structural clay products, and plastics. Trinidad State Junior College was opened in 1925. Baca House (an adobe, built in 1869), Pioneer Museum, Bloom House (1882), and Kit Carson Museum are points of interest. Inc. town, 1876; city, 1879. Pop. (1990) 8,580. also called Porongos, city, south-central Uruguay. It lies in the Porongos Hills, a northern outlier of the Grande Inferior Range. The city is the area's principal trade and manufacturing centre. Wheat, corn (maize), linseed, oats, and fruit grown in the hinterland are processed in Trinidad. Dairying, viticulture, and cattle and sheep ranching are the main economic activities in the surrounding area. Situated on the Montevideo-Paysand highway, Trinidad is also served by a railroad from Durazno and has an airport. Pop. (1985) 18,372.