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| TRINIDADIAN-TOBAGONIAN GEOGRAPHY STATS: |
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Area > Land
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167 sq km
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[167th of 236]
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Area > Total
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177 sq km
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[177th of 248]
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Area > Water
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211 sq km
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[211st of 237]
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Climate
tropical; rainy season (June to December) |
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Coastline
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132 km
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[132nd of 249]
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Elevation extremes > Highest point
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El Cerro del Aripo 940 m |
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Elevation extremes > Lowest point
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Caribbean Sea 0 m |
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Forested Land
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35% |
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[35th of 193]
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Geographic coordinates
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11 00 N, 61 00 W |
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Geography > Note
Pitch Lake, on Trinidad's southwestern coast, is the world's largest natural reservoir of asphalt |
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Land use > Arable land
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84 %
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[84th of 241]
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Largest city
Port of Spain |
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Largest city population
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154 |
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[154th of 174]
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Largest city with population
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Port-of-Spain - 52,451 |
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Location
Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela |
Map references
Central America and the Caribbean |
Natural resources
petroleum, natural gas, asphalt |
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Population density
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53 people per sqkm |
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[53rd of 256]
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Precipitation
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12 mm |
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[12th of 95]
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Terrain
mostly plains with some hills and low mountains |
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SOURCES: Total land area in square kilometres
; Total area in square kilometers
; Total water area in square kilometers
; A brief description of typical weather regimes throughout the year.
; The total length of the boundary between the land area (including islands) and the sea.
; Highest point above sea level
; Lowest point relative to sea level
; Forested land as a proportion of total land area, estimate by FAO; This entry includes rounded latitude and longitude figures for the purpose of finding the approximate geographic center of an entity and is based on the Gazetteer of Conventional Names, Third Edition, August 1988, US Board on Geographic Names and on other sources.
; This entry includes miscellaneous geographic information of significance not included elsewhere.
; The percentage of used land that is arable. Arable land is land cultivated for crops that are replanted after each harvest like wheat, maize, and rice
; The city with the highest population; The population of the country's largest city; Largest cities including most recent population (estimates included). Populations are figures only within the city limits, unless otherwise specified. All populations are from 2001 t0 2005 unless otherwise specified.; The country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water.
; The name of the CIA World Factbook reference map on which a country may be found. The entry on Geographic coordinates may be helpful in finding some smaller countries.
; A country's mineral, petroleum, hydropower, and other resources of commercial importance.
; People per square kilometre, in 1999. At this time the world average was 14.42.; Average Annual Precipitation in Largest City (mm, 1931-1960); A brief description of the topography
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Trinidad and Tobago, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, trinidad & tobago, trinidad tobago, trin. and tob.
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