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Scarborough, Tobago

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Scarborough is the main town of the island of Tobago in Trinidad and Tobago and the eleventh most populous town in the country, with an estimated population of 17,537 in 2011. It served as the capital of Tobago until the island's union with Trinidad moved the capital to Port of Spain, and it remains the economic and cultural centre of Tobago, home to the eighteenth century Fort King George.

Facts
Population
17,000 1
Founding Year
1654 2
Climate Zone
Tropical 3
Time Zone
UTC-04:00 4
Sources
1. GeoNames: Scarborough
GeoNames geonameid 3573703 (Scarborough), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source
2. Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia infobox 'Settled' = '1654' on 'Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago'View the Source
3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 11.25, -60.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 11.25, -60.75
11.25 -60.75 Am
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4. GeoNames: Scarborough - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3573703, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
Quote, cities500 record 3573703, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
11.18229 -60.73525 P PPLA TT 11 17000 9 America/Port_of_Spain
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Scarborough, Tobago (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Caribbean (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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