Explore Trinidad and Tobago in North America

Description and Basic Information

Trinidad and Tobago with its capital Port of Spain is located in North America (Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean). It covers some 5,129 square kilometres (slightly smaller than Delaware) with 1,047,000 citizens. English, French, Spanish and Chinese are the languages commonly used by the people in Trinidad and Tobago (consider regional differences).

Pictures from Port of Spain (Capital)

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About Trinidad and Tobago

The landscape features mostly plains with some hills and low mountains. The average density of population is about 204 per km². The climate in can be described as tropical with rainy season (June to December). Potential threats by nature are outside usual path of hurricanes and other tropical storms.

To reach someone in Trinidad and Tobago dial +1-868 prior to a number. There are 314,800 installed telephones. And there are 1,970,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 1800 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".tt". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 115V - 60Hz.

The country consists of 16 regions/states which are listed below.

Regions/States of Trinidad and Tobago

Demographic Information

Age Distribution in Trinidad and Tobago

Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Natural Population Growth

Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Trinidad and Tobago is shrinking at an rate of 0.09% (or by 1,167 citizens). Each year 8,736 people leave this country (or 7.10 per thousand citizens) - making it an emmigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of 0.62%. Or an total increase of 7,569 citizens.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.