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Central America and the Caribbean > Trinidad and Tobago > Geography

TRINIDADIAN-TOBAGONIAN GEOGRAPHY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Area > Comparative
slightly smaller than Delaware
Area > Land 5,128 sq km Time series [168th of 238]
Area > Total 5,128 sq km Time series [177th of 250]
Capital city with population Port-of-Spain - 52,451
Climate
tropical; rainy season (June to December)
Forested Land 50.5% [35th of 193]
Geographic coordinates 11 00 N, 61 00 W Time series
Land use > Arable land 14.62% Time series [81st of 258]
Largest city
Port of Spain
Largest city population 52,000 [154th of 174]
Largest city with population Port-of-Spain - 52,451
Location
Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela
Map references
Central America and the Caribbean
Natural hazards
outside usual path of hurricanes and other tropical storms
Natural resources
petroleum, natural gas, asphalt
Population density 214.83 people per sqkm [53rd of 256]
Population density > people per sq. km 254.43 people/m² Time series [38th of 204]
Precipitation 1,870 mm [12th of 95]
Surface area > sq. km 5,130 km² Time series [165th of 206]
tallest mountains > Mountain El Cerro del Aripo

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.; FAO; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; Heal The World Foundation.; World Development Indicators database; Wikipedia: List of tallest mountains by country

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Trinidad and Tobago, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, trinidad & tobago, trinidad tobago, trin. and tob.

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COMMENTARY     

Edria Murray
Staff Editor
23rd May 2005 		n response to Darcel:

Trinidad and Tobago, like many other countries and territories with combined names, such as Antigua and Barbuda, St Vincent and the Grenadines and Saint Kitts and Nevis consists of two separate areas (in this case, Islands) under one government.



Trindad and Tobago are islands in the Carribean Sea. The name of Trinidad comes from the Spanish 'trinidad' meaning trinity. It was named by Columbus on sighting three peaks. Tobago comes from the Carib word 'tavaco', which means tobacco pipe.
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