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Central America & Caribbean
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
🗺️ Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Capital city
📍 10.6918°, -61.2225°View larger map →
📍 Essential Info
CapitalPort of Spain
TimezoneUTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
Population1.4M
LanguagesEnglish (official), Trinidadian Creole English, Tobagonian Creole English, Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), Trinidadian Creole French, Spani...
Governmentparliamentary republic
🔌 Practical Info
Driving SideLeft
Electrical PlugsVaries
Internet Code.tt
Internet Users85%
GDP per Capita$31,700
🌍 Geography
LocationCaribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela
Size Comparisonslightly smaller than Delaware
Climatetropical; rainy season (June to December)
Terrainmostly plains with some hills and low mountains
👥 People & Culture
Ethnic GroupsEast Indian 35.4%, African descent 34.2%, mixed - other 15.3%, mixed - African/East Indian 7.7%, other 1.3%, unspecified 6.2% (2011 est.)
ReligionsProtestant 32.1% (Pentecostal/Evangelical/Full Gospel 12%, Baptist 6.9%, Anglican 5.7%, Seventh Day Adventist 4.1%, Presbyterian/Congregational 2.5%,...
Median Age39.1 years
Life Expectancy76.5 years
National HolidayIndependence Day, 31 August (1962)
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Cultural Information
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Data sourced from the CIA World Factbook