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Trinidad and Tobago

Caribbean

Trinidad and Tobago is the southernmost archipelagic country in the Caribbean, lying about six nautical miles off the northeastern coast of Venezuela, with no land borders. It gained independence from the United Kingdom on 31 August 1962. It is a unitary parliamentary republic. Its capital is Port of Spain. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Capital
Port of Spain 2
Population
1,512,779 2
2025 estimate, from Trinidad and Tobago's own Wikipedia infobox.
Population Estimate Year
2025 2
Area (sq km)
5131 2
Independence or Founding Year
1962 2
Trinidad and Tobago gained independence from the United Kingdom on 31 August 1962.
Landlocked
No 3
Income Group
High 4
Government Type
Republic 3
Classification
Sovereignty Status
UN Member State 1
Trinidad and Tobago

Cities

Arima

Trinidad and Tobago

Chaguanas

Trinidad and Tobago

Port of Spain

Trinidad and Tobago

San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago

Scarborough, Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago
Connections

Associated With

Port of Spain, Cities

Port of Spain is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago.

Source Port of Spain (Wikipedia)
The Caribbean, Regions
The Lesser Antilles, Regions

Bordered By Water

Caribbean Sea, Bodies of Water

Has Capital

Port of Spain, Cities
Source Port of Spain (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Nationals Include

Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted

Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Shakuntala H. Thilsted
Kris Rampersad

Also in Film and Media Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Kris Rampersad (Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
advocate from Trinidad and Tobago.
Althea Violet Alexis-Windsor

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Anthony Carmona

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Anthony Carmona
Ivor Archie

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Ivor Archie - Wikipedia
Margaret Price Findlay

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Margaret Price Findlay
Maureen Rajnauth-Lee

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Peter Jamadar

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Lall Sawh

Also in Medicine Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Lall Sawh (Wikipedia)Lead sentence [specialist-in]
Quote, Lead sentence [specialist-in]
is a Trinidadian urologist in the Caribbean and Latin America
Christine Kangaloo

Also in Political Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Christine Kangaloo (Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
Christine Carla Kangaloo (born 1 December 1961) is a Trinidadian lawyer and politician who is serving as the President of Trinidad and Tobago since 2023.
Eulalie James

Also in Political Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Eulalie James (Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
Eulalie James (1940 – 19 October 2011) was a Trinidad and Tobago politician.
Kamla Persad-Bissessar

Also in Political Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Kamla Persad-Bissessar (Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
Kamla Susheila Persad-Bissessar ([kəmlɑː prəsɑːd̪-biseːsər], ) SC MP (née Persad, born 22 April 1952), is a Trinidadian politician, lawyer and educator who has twice served as the prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, from 2010 to 2015 and since May 2025.
Bert Achong

Also in Science Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Bert Achong (Wikidata)
Brian Lara

Also in Sport and Games Atlas: a national of this subject.

Candice Carr-Archer

Also in Sport and Games Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Candice Carr-Archer (Wikipedia)Career, nationality
Quote, Career, nationality
only the second woman from Trinidad and Tobago to earn her IFBB Pro Card
Deryck Murray

Also in Sport and Games Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Deryck Murray (Wikipedia)Lead, nationality
Quote, Lead, nationality
Murray was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
George Bovell

Also in Sport and Games Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source George Bovell (Wikipedia)Lead, nationality
Quote, Lead, nationality
George Richard Lycott Bovell (born 18 July 1983) is an Olympic bronze medalist swimmer and former world record holder from Trinidad and Tobago.
Keshorn Walcott

Also in Sport and Games Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Keshorn Walcott (Wikipedia)Article lead, first sentence [nationality]
Quote, Article lead, first sentence [nationality]
is a Trinidadian track and field athlete
Lalonde Gordon

Also in Sport and Games Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Lalonde Gordon (Olympedia)Biographical information, NOC or Nationality
Quote, Biographical information, NOC or Nationality
NOC Trinidad and Tobago

Origin Of

Buffalypso

Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Buffalypso (Wikipedia)Lead section
Quote, Lead section
is a breed of water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) developed in Trinidad by veterinarian Stephen Bennett
Doubles

Also in Food and Drink Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Doubles, Wikipedia
Pelau

Also in Food and Drink Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Pholourie

Also in Food and Drink Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Pholourie (Wikipedia)
Attila the Hun

Also in History Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Wikidata: Attila the Hun

Location Of

Robinson Crusoe (Defoe novel)

Also in Literature Atlas: which took place in this subject.

Source Robinson Crusoe (Wikipedia)Lead, settingtier 3
Quote, Lead, setting
a remote tropical desert island near the coasts of Venezuela and Trinidad

Site Of

Trinidad Government Railway

Also in Business Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Mount St. Benedict Abbey

Also in Divinity Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Caribbean Court of Justice

Also in Economics Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Caribbean Telecommunications Union

Also in Economics Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago

Also in Economics Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Found There

Buffalypso

Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: found in this subject.

Lesser Antilles

Also in Earth and Environment Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Wikidata: Lesser Antilles
Trinidad and Tobago Chronic Disease Assistance Programme

Also in Health and Wellness Atlas: found in this subject.

Lokono language

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Shebayo language

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Shebayo language (Wikipedia)Lead paragraph
Quote, Lead paragraph
Shebayo (Saluaio) is an extinct Arawakan language of Trinidad.
Caribbean Court of Justice

Also in Law Atlas: found in this subject.

Constitution of Trinidad and Tobago

Also in Law Atlas: found in this subject.

Law of Trinidad and Tobago

Also in Law Atlas: found in this subject.

Source List of national legal systems (Wikipedia)
Anoplogaster Cornuta

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Atlantic Tarpon

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Big crested mastiff bat

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Big crested mastiff bat (Wikipedia)Range and habitat
Quote, Range and habitat
It is found in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
Black mastiff bat

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Black mastiff bat (Wikipedia)Range and habitat, where it lives (12)
Quote, Range and habitat, where it lives (12)
Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Uruguay
Black-billed cuckoo

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Brown-bellied broad-nosed bat

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Brown-bellied broad-nosed bat (Wikipedia)Lead, range trinidad-and-tobago
Quote, Lead, range trinidad-and-tobago
It is found in Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Trinidad and Tobago, northern Brazil, eastern Ecuador, and the southern Venezuela.
Caribbean Hermit Crab

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Caribbean Spiny Lobster

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Cherax Quadricarinatus

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Coral Banded Shrimp

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Emerald Crab

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Erythrodiplax berenice

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Geoffroy's Tailless Bat

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Great stripe-faced bat

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Great stripe-faced bat (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat
Quote, Distribution and habitat
including eastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, Peru, northern Bolivia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Brazil
Greater sac-winged bat

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Mammal Diversity Database: Saccopteryx bilineata - Mammal Diversity DatabaseCountry distribution, Trinidad and Tobago
Quote, Country distribution, Trinidad and Tobago
Country distribution Belize · Bolivia · Brazil · Colombia · Costa Rica · Ecuador · El Salvador · French Guiana · Guatemala · Guyana · Honduras · Mexico · Nicaragua · Panama · Peru · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago · Venezuela
Greater spear-nosed bat

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Greater spear-nosed bat (Wikipedia)Habitat, where it lives (2)
Quote, Habitat, where it lives (2)
It also occurs in Trinidad and Tobago
Greenhall's dog-faced bat

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Greenhall's dog-faced bat (Wikipedia)Lead, range
Quote, Lead, range
It lives in Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, the Guianas, northeastern Brazil and Trinidad.
Guyanan red howler

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Guyanan red howler (Wikipedia)Lead, range
Quote, Lead, range
is a species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey, native to Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad, French Guiana, Venezuela and Brazil
Honey Bee

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Lesser sac-winged bat

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Mammal Diversity Database: Saccopteryx leptura - Mammal Diversity DatabaseCountry distribution, Trinidad and Tobago
Quote, Country distribution, Trinidad and Tobago
Country distribution Belize · Bolivia · Brazil · Colombia · Costa Rica · Ecuador · El Salvador · French Guiana · Guatemala · Guyana · Honduras · Mexico · Nicaragua · Panama · Peru · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago · Venezuela
Mangrove cuckoo

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Miller's long-tongued bat

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Miller's long-tongued bat (Wikipedia)Range and habitat
Quote, Range and habitat
Miller's long-tongued bat is found in the following countries and territories: Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, the Netherlands Antilles, Guyana, Brazil, and Ecuador.
Northern ghost bat

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Mammal Diversity Database: Diclidurus albus - Mammal Diversity DatabaseCountry distribution, Trinidad and Tobago
Quote, Country distribution, Trinidad and Tobago
Country distribution Belize · Bolivia · Brazil · Colombia · Costa Rica · Ecuador · El Salvador · French Guiana · Guatemala · Guyana · Honduras · Mexico · Nicaragua · Panama · Paraguay · Peru · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago · Venezuela
Ocelot

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Pipa Pipa

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Proboscis bat

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Mammal Diversity Database: Rhynchonycteris naso - Mammal Diversity DatabaseCountry distribution, Trinidad and Tobago
Quote, Country distribution, Trinidad and Tobago
Country distribution Belize · Bolivia · Brazil · Colombia · Costa Rica · Ecuador · El Salvador · French Guiana · Guatemala · Guyana · Honduras · Mexico · Nicaragua · Panama · Peru · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago · Venezuela
Red Imported Fire Ant

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Red-eared Slider

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Roseate Spoonbill

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Royal tern

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Slender Seahorse

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Spix's disk-winged bat

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Thyroptera tricolor (Animal Diversity Web)Geographic Range, where it lives (5)
Quote, Geographic Range, where it lives (5)
French Guiana, Trinidad
Surinam Toad

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Trinidad dog-like bat

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Mammal Diversity Database: Peropteryx trinitatis - Mammal Diversity DatabaseCountry distribution, Trinidad and Tobago
Quote, Country distribution, Trinidad and Tobago
Country distribution Aruba · Brazil · French Guiana · Grenada · Guyana · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago · Venezuela
Urania leilus

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Urania leilus (Wikipedia)Lead, range, where it lives
Quote, Lead, range, where it lives
Its range includes Suriname, Guyana, French Guiana, eastern Colombia, Venezuela, eastern Ecuador, Brazil, northern Bolivia, eastern Peru, as well as the island of Trinidad.
Velvety fruit-eating bat

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Velvety fruit-eating bat (Wikipedia)Range and habitat
Quote, Range and habitat
Its range includes Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
West Indian Manatee

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Western Honey Bee

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

White-winged vampire bat

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Diaemus youngi (Animal Diversity Web)Geographic Range
Quote, Geographic Range
throughout tropical South America, including parts of Paraguayan
Yellow Fever Mosquito

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Yellow-throated big-eared bat

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Yellow-throated big-eared bat (Wikipedia)Range and habitat
Quote, Range and habitat
It is found in Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
Sources
1. Member States of the United Nations (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationIntroduction
Quote, Introduction
The United Nations comprise 193 sovereign states and the world's largest intergovernmental organization.
View the Source
2. Trinidad and Tobago (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox, capital
    Port of Spain
  • Infobox, area
    5,131 km2 (1,981 sq mi)
  • Infobox: population_estimate
    1,512,779
  • Lead section
    Trinidad and Tobago obtained independence in 1962, and became a republic in 1976.
  • Introduction
    the southernmost archipelagic country in the Caribbean
View the Source
3. CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive): The World Factbook archive: Trinidad and Tobago
CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive)
  • Geography, Coastline
    362 km
  • Government, Government type
    parliamentary republic
View the Source
4. World Bank Open Data: World Bank Open Data, country list with income level
World Bank Open DataCountry record TTO, incomeLevel
Quote, Country record TTO, incomeLevel
"name": "Trinidad and Tobago", "region": { "id": "LCN", "iso2code": "ZJ", "value": "Latin America \u0026 Caribbean " }, "adminregion": { "id": "", "iso2code": "", "value": "" }, "incomeLevel": { "id": "HIC", "iso2code": "XD", "value": "High income" }
View the Source
Wikidata: Trinidad and Tobago
Wikidata Q754, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source

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