What is "arima"

Arima is the easternmost and second largest in area of the three boroughs of Trinidad and Tobago. It is geographically adjacent to Sangre Grande and Arouca at the southcentral foothills of the Northern Range, and to the south is the Caroni-Arena Dam; in addition, Coterminous with Town of Arima since 1888, the borough of Arima is the third-largest municipality in population in the country (after Port of Spain, Chaguanas and San Fernando), with a census-estimated 33,606 residents in 2011.

The town petitioned Queen Victoria for municipal status as part of her Golden Jubilee in 1887. This was granted in the following year, and Arima became a Royal Borough on 1 August 1888. Historically, the third town of Trinidad and Tobago, Arima has slid into fourth place as Chaguanas became the largest town in the country.

Arima is a borough and town in East Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago.

Arima may also refer to:

• Arima (genus), a genus of leaf beetles (subfamily Galerucinae)
• Arima Computer Corporation, a Taiwanese computer hardware manufacturer
• Arima Kinen, horse race in Japan
• Arima Onsen, a hot springs resort area in Kobe, Japan
• Arima, a place where, according to Hesiod, Echidna dwells
• Arima, Syria, a village in the Aleppo Governorate in Syria

Arima is a genus of leaf beetles ( Chrysomelidae) belonging to the subfamily Galerucinae. Species of this genus are found in France, on the Italian mainland, and in Sicily. They present clear sexual dimorphism, as females are generally much larger than males.

Arima (written: 有馬) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Akito Arima (born 1930), Japanese nuclear physicist
• Arima Yoriyuki (1714–1783), Japanese mathematician
• Haruo Arima, Japanese former football player
• Ineko Arima (born 1932), Japanese actress
• Kaoru Arima (1893–1956), admiral and commander in the Imperial Japanese Navy
• Katsuaki Arima (born 1969), Japanese voice actor
• Keitarō Arima (born 1969), Japanese manga artist
• Kenji Arima (born 1972), retired Japanese footballer
• Ko Arima (born 1917), Japanese football player
• Masafumi Arima (1895–1944), admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy
• Stafford Arima, Canadian-born theatre director
• Toshio Arima (born 1942), President and Representative Director of the Fuji Xerox company
• Yoriyasu Arima (1884–1957), Japanese politician
• Yoshinaga Arima (born 1993), Japanese footballer

Fictional characters:

• Soichiro Arima, the male protagonist in the anime and manga series Kare Kano
• Kishou Arima, a character from the anime series Tokyo Ghoul
• Kousei Arima, a character from the anime series Your Lie in April