Official Name: The Republic of Trinidad & Tobago

Capital: 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)
• 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:

• 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')