Castara

{{Short description|Seaside village on the coast of the island of Tobago}}

Castara is a seaside village on the leeward (north) coast of the island of Tobago, the smaller of the two islands in the twin-island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Castara's economy is dependent primarily on fishing and agriculture, with tourism playing an increasingly important role since the 1990s.{{cite book|author=DK Travel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K5BoDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT462|title=DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Caribbean|date=1 September 2016|publisher=Dorling Kindersley Limited|isbn=978-0-241-28995-2|pages=462–}}

Former prime minister and president of Trinidad and Tobago A.N.R. Robinson was raised in Castara.

Climate

{{Weather box

|location = Castara

|single line = Yes

|metric first = Yes

|Jan high F = 85

|Feb high F = 86

|Mar high F = 87

|Apr high F = 88

|May high F = 88

|Jun high F = 87

|Jul high F = 86

|Aug high F =86

|Sep high F = 87

|Oct high F = 87

|Nov high F =86

|Dec high F = 87

|year high F = 80

|Jan low F = 72

|Feb low F = 72

|Mar low F = 73

|Apr low F = 75

|May low F = 76

|Jun low F = 76

|Jul low F = 75

|Aug low F = 75

|Sep low F = 75

|Oct low F = 75

|Nov low F = 74

|Dec low F = 74

|year low F = 74

|Jan precipitation inch = 1.9

|Feb precipitation inch =1.9

|Mar precipitation inch = 1.7

|Apr precipitation inch = 1.8

|May precipitation inch = 2.5

|Jun precipitation inch = 5.8

|Jul precipitation inch = 7.4

|Aug precipitation inch = 6.4

|Sep precipitation inch = 6.7

|Oct precipitation inch = 8.7

|Nov precipitation inch = 8.1

|Dec precipitation inch = 6.3

|year precipitation inch = 59.2

|source 1 = Weatherbase

{{cite web

|url =http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=592631&cityname=Scarborough-Tobago|title =Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Castara, Trinidad and Tobago

|publisher=Weatherbase

|year=2013

}}

Retrieved on April 16, 2013.

|date=April 2013

}}

References

Category:Populated places in Tobago

Category:Villages in Trinidad and Tobago