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the island of hispaniola makes up trinidad and tabago​

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The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (/ˈtrɪnɪdæd ... təˈbeɪɡoʊ/ (listen), /- toʊ-/) is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean.[14][15] Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much smaller islands, it is situated 130 kilometres (81 miles) south of Grenada and 11 kilometres (6.8 miles) off the coast of northeastern Venezuela.[16] It shares maritime boundaries with Barbados to the northeast, Grenada to the northwest, Guyana to the southeast, and Venezuela to the south and west.[17][18]

Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

Flag

Coat of arms

Motto: Together We Aspire, Together We Achieve

Anthem: "Forged from the Love of Liberty"

Capital

Port of Spain

10°40′0″N 61°30′27″W

Largest city

Chaguanas

10°31′7″N 61°24′37″W

Official languages

English[1]

Other languages

See Languages in Trinidad and Tobago[2]

Ethnic groups (2011)[3]

37.6% Indian

36.3% African

24.4% Mixed

• 7.66% Dougla

0.65% European

• 0.06% Portuguese

0.30% Chinese

0.11% Indigenous Amerindian

(incl. the Santa Rosa First Peoples Community)

0.08% Arab

0.17% Other

6.22% Undeclared

Religion (2011)[3][4]

49.6% Christian

18.2% Hindu

5.7% Spiritual Baptist

5.0% Muslim

1.2% Bahá'í

0.9% Orisha-Shango (Yoruba)

0.3% Rastafarian

5.8% Other

11.1% Not stated

2.2% None

Demonym(s)

Trinidadians and Tobagonians

Trini (colloquial)

Trinbagonian (colloquial)[5]

Membership

UN

CARICOM

WTO

CELAC

ACS

OAS

Commonwealth of Nations

AOSIS

ACP

G-24

G77

Government

Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic

• President

Paula-Mae Weekes (I)

• Prime Minister

Keith Rowley (PNM)

• Leader of the Opposition

Kamla Persad-Bissessar (UNC/PP)

• Speaker of the House of Representatives

Brigid Annisette-George (PNM)

• President of the Senate

Christine Kangaloo (PNM)

• Chief Justice

Ivor Archie

Legislature

Parliament

• Upper house

Senate

• Lower house

House of Representatives

Establishment

• Amerindian tribes settle in Trinidad and Tobago

c. 5000 B.C.

• Colonised by Spain

1530

• Spain cedes Trinidad to Great Britain as a result of the Invasion of Trinidad and is formalised at the Treaty of Amiens

1797 and 25 March 1802

• France cedes Tobago to the United Kingdom at the Treaty of Paris, which puts Tobago under British sovereignty for a third time

30 May 1814

• Unification of Trinidad and Tobago

1888

• Part of the West Indies Federation

3 January 1958 to 31 May 1962

• Independence from the United Kingdom

31 August 1962

• Joins CARICOM at the Treaty of Chaguaramas

1 August 1973

• Republic

1 August 1976

(celebrated 24 September)[6][7][8]

Area

• Total

5,131 km2 (1,981 sq mi) (165th)

• Water (%)

negligible

Population

• 2019 estimate

1,363,985[9] (151st)

• 2011 census

1,328,019[10]

• Density

264/km2 (683.8/sq mi) (54th)

GDP (PPP)

2019 estimate

• Total

$45.149 billion

• Per capita

$32,684[11]

GDP (nominal)

2019 estimate

• Total

$22.438 billion

• Per capita

$16,243[11]

Gini (2012)

39.0[12]

medium

HDI (2018)

0.799[13]

high · 63th

Currency

Trinidad and Tobago dollar (TTD)

Time zone

UTC-4 (AST)

Date format

dd/mm/yyyy

Driving side

left

Calling code

+1 (868)

ISO 3166 code

TT

Internet TLD

.tt

The island of Trinidad was inhabited for centuries by native Amerindian peoples before becoming a colony in the Spanish Empire, following the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1498. Spanish governor Don José María Chacón surrendered the island to a British fleet under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby in 1797.[19] During the same period, the island of Tobago changed hands among Spanish, British, French, Dutch and Courlander colonisers more times than any other island in the Caribbean.[citation needed] Trinidad and Tobago were ceded to Britain in 1802 under the Treaty of Amiens as separate states and unified in 1889.[20] Trinidad and Tobago obtained independence in 1962, becoming a republic in 1976.[15][16]

Trinidad and Tobago has the third highest GDP per capita based on purchasing power parity (PPP) in the Americas after the United States and Canada.[21] It is recognised by the World Bank as a

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