Fyzabad

This article is about the town in Trinidad and Tobago. For places named Faizabad, see Faizabad (disambiguation).

Fyzabad
Town
Fyzabad Location of Fyzabad, Trinidad and Tobago Fyzabad Fyzabad (Caribbean) Fyzabad Fyzabad (North America)
Coordinates: 10°11′N 61°33′W
Country	Trinidad and Tobago
Region	Siparia
Settled	1871
Named for	Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Population  (2011)
• Total	13,099
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)
Postal Code(s)	69xxxx
Area code	+1 (868)-677

Fyzabad is a town in southwestern Trinidad, 13 km (8.1 mi) south of San Fernando, west of Siparia and northeast of Point Fortin. It is named after the town of Faizabad in India. Colloquially it is known as "Fyzo" by many people.

History

Uriah Butler statue in Fyzabad

Fyzabad was founded by Rev. Kenneth J. Grant, a Presbyterian missionary in Trinidad in 1871. The purpose of the settlement was to separate Christian Indians from the unconverted Hindu and Muslim populations. The town later grew with the discovery of oil in the area in 1917, and attracted a large number of immigrants from Grenada and other Lesser Antillean islands. In 1937 Fyzabad was the centre of labour unrest, led by T.U.B. Butler which is considered the birth of the Labour movement in Trinidad and Tobago.

The collapse of oil prices in the 1980s, coupled with declining onshore oil production, led to a decline in the town of Fyzabad.

Notable people

• Tubal Uriah Butler, preacher and union leader
• Anthony Carmona, fifth president of Trinidad and Tobago
• Michael Fisher, physicist
• Billy Ocean, British R&B and pop singer, born Leslie Charles
• Lennox Superville, Trinidadian-American professor, mathematician, and engineer
• , Ronaldo LondonCalypsonian (Older brother of Rivaldo London)
• Rivaldo London, Calypsonian (Younger brother of Ronaldo London)