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Travel Home > Directory > Destinations > North America > Caribbean > Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago. Pop - 1,305,000. Area - 5,128 km². Capital - Port of Spain. Largest City San Fernando. Currency Trinidad and Tobago dollar. Language English. Main Religions Hindi and Roman Catholic. Time Zone GMT - 4 hours. Main Airport Piarco International Airport POS. Climate tropical climate with dry and wet seasons. Voltage guide 115V. Dialing code 868. The republic of Trinidad and Tobago is located in the southern Caribbean, north east of Venezuela. Trinidad and Tobago is famous for its pre-Lenten Carnival and as the birthplace of steelpan, calypso, soca, and limbo music and dance culture. The geography of the islands consists of a mixture of mountains and plains covered in tropical vegetation. Trinidad and Tobago has a mixed economy which includes: petrochemical and natural gas production; tourism; and Agricultural products including sugar cane, citrus, and cocoa. Places to see include: Bucco Reef and the nylon pool; Caroni Bird Sanctuary; Emperor Valley Zoo (Port of Spain) and the Botanic Gardens; Fort George (Tobago); La Brea Pitch Lake; Trinidad's north coast (Toco/Matelot/Grand Riviere); and Leatherback turtles on Mathura Beach. However no visit to Trinidad and Tobago without a walk on its famous beaches. The most popular beaches in Trinidad include - Maracas, Tyrico, Las Cuevas, Toco, Mayaro, Chagville, Los Iros and Quinam.
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Port of Spain is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago and the country's third largest municipality, after Chaguanas and San Fernando. The city serves primarily as a retail and administrative center. It also serves as a financial services center and is home to two of the largest banks in the Caribbean. It is one of the major shipping hubs of the Caribbean, with exports of agricultural products and asphalt.
The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying northeast of the South American nation of Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles. Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the main islands; Tobago is much smaller, comprising about 6% of the total area and 4% of the population.
Trinidad and Tobago is a nation consisting primarily of two Caribbean islands just off the northeast coast of Venezuela. The La Brea Pitch Lake, on Trinidad's southwestern coast, is the world's largest natural reservoir of asphalt.
Official website for the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago providing access to Government services including links to government websites, e-services, Prime Minister, directories, e-government services information for citizens business and non-residents.
Piarco International Airport (IATA: POS, ICAO: TTPP) is the main airport serving Trinidad and Tobago located in Piarco, a town in northern Trinidad, about 25 km east of the capital city, Port of Spain.
