Cumuto is a town and district in Trinidad

Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...

. Cumuto is west of Sangre Grande

Sangre Grande

Sangre Grande is the largest town in northeastern Trinidad, in Trinidad and Tobago. It is east of Arima and southwest of Toco. Sangre Grande is sometimes abbreviated to just "Grande". It is the seat of the Sangre Grande Regional Corporation. The town falls into the Toco/Sangre constituency of the...

 and south of Arima

Arima

The Royal Borough of Arima is the fourth largest town in Trinidad and Tobago. Located east of the capital, Port of Spain, Arima supports the only organised indigenous community in the country, the Santa Rosa Carib Community and is the seat of the Carib Queen...

. Between 1940 and 1956 much of Cumuto was part of the American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 army

United States Army

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 base known either as Fort Read or Wallerfield

Wallerfield

Wallerfield is an area in Trinidad and Tobago. Located south of Arima and north of Cumuto, it served Waller Air Force Base. Since the clousure of US Army base in May 1949, it became the informal home of various types of racing for over 40 years...

; the area was leased to the United States as part of the Destroyers for Bases Agreement

Destroyers for Bases Agreement

The Destroyers for Bases Agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom, September 2, 1940, transferred fifty mothballed destroyers from the United States Navy in exchange for land rights on British possessions...

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Cumuto houses places of worship to all religious groups.

Cumuto is the site of the Aripo

Aripo

Aripo is the name of several places in Trinidad.* The Heights of Aripo and the Aripo Massif are part of the Northern Range and include El Cerro del Aripo, the highest point in Trinidad and Tobago....

 Savannas Scientific Reserve, an area which contains one of the last remaining areas of natural savanna

Savanna

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in Trinidad and Tobago.