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Trinidad and Tobago (Republic of Trinidad and Tobago) is a independent presidential republic in the British Commonwealth, located in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Venezuela, in front of the Orinoco delta. The state is made up of the two islands of Trinidad and Tobago and some smaller islets (Little Tobago, Chacachacare, Monos, Huevos, Gaspar Grande, St. Giles Island), the capital city is Port of Spain located along the north-western coast of Trinidad. The island of Trinidad (4,820 sq km), which is only 15 km from the coast of Venezuela, is the largest and home more than 96% of the population of the country, most of the island is made up of plains, crossed from east to west by three mountain ranges, the northern chain is a continuation of the coastal mountains of Venezuela, it runs parallel to the coast and culminates with the Cerro del Aripo (940 metres) the highest mountain in the country.
  

The island of Tobago (303 sq. km) is located 32 km north-east of Trinidad, of volcanic origin, it's crossed by a mountain range which reaches the highest point in the north-eastern part of the island with the Pigeon Peak (576 metres), the town of Scarborough is the main centre of Tobago. The economy of the country is based on extraction and refining of oil, natural gas and asphalt (Pitch Lake, in the south-west of Trinidad, is the largest deposit of natural asphalt of the world), are also important agriculture (sugar cane, cocoa, coffee, rice, tomatoes, coconuts, citrus fruits, bananas, rubber), and tourism is of great importance and growing strongly. The most developed industries are those in the petrochemical and chemical sectors and aslo those related to the processing of agricultural products (breweries, factories, distilleries).  

 

Area: 5 128 sqkm. (Arable 24%, Pastures 2%, Forests and Woodlands 46%, Uncultivated and Unproductive 28%)

Population: 1 300 000 (agg. 2006) (Asian 40%, Blacks 40%, Mulattos (descendants of European and African) 18%, Whites 1%).

State Capital: Port of Spain (Trinidad).

Language: Official language is English. Spoken also Hindi, Spanish and the French Creole (Patois).

Religion: Christian 56% (Protestant 30% (Anglican 8%, Baptist 7%, Pentecostal 7%, Adventist 4%, Presbiterian 3%), Catholic 26%), Hinduist 24%, Muslim 6%.

Currency: Trinidad and Tobago Dollar (TTD)

Time: UTC -4 hours.

 

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