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Trinidad & Tobago - Quick Facts

Official Name: The Republic of Trinidad & Tobago

Trinidad & Tobago FlagCapital: Port-of-Spain | Scarborough (Tobago’s main town)

Location: The two southern-most islands of the Caribbean Archipelago,  northeast of Venezuela
Land Area: Trinidad 185 sq miles & Tobago 115 sq miles
Estimated Population: 1.4 million
Official Language: English

Currency: TT$ & TT₵                                                                                           Trinidad & Tobago National Flag

National Birds: Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber) & Cocrico (Ortalis ruficauda)
National Flower: Chaconia (Warszewiczia coccinea)

Climate/weather: Tropical climate (two seasons wet & dry)

National Instrument: Steelpan

Culture: Carnival (festival), Soca (music), Calypso (music), Limbo (dance), Steelpan  & Tassa drum (instruments)

Economy: Oil & gas exploration /export, tourism, light manufacturing

Ethnic Composition: Majority of East Indian descent & African descent,  (minorities Syrians, Chinese,  Whites & Mixed)
Major Religions: Roman Catholicism, Anglicanism, Islam, Hinduism, Presbyterianism, Seventh-Day Adventism, Pentecostalism

Prime Ministers:

  • Eric Williams (1st)Port of Spain
  • George Chambers
  • Arthur Robinson
  • Patrick Manning
  • Basdeo Panday
  • Kamla Persad-Bissessar

Presidents:

  • Sir Ellis Clarke (1st)                                                                                    Walkway at the Waterfront Habour
  • Noor Hassanali
  • Arthur Robinson
  • George Richards

Icons:National Academy for the Performing Arts

  • Brian Lara (cricket)
  • Dwight Yorke (football)
  • Ato Boldon (sprinter 100m/200m)
  • Wendy Fitzwilliam (former Miss Universe 98')
  • Stephen Ames (golf)
  • Hasley Crawford (sprinter 100m)
  • Jack Warner (former FIFA vice president)                                     National Academy for the Performing Arts
  • Giselle Salandy (Deceased Boxer)
  • Janelle Commissiong (former Miss Universe 77')
 
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