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The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is a country located at the southern tip of the Caribbean. It borders the countries of Grenada and Venezuela. It was the first Caribbean country to host the Summit of the Americas. It shares maritime boundaries with other nations including Barbados to the northeast, Guyana to the southeast, and Venezuela to the south and west. A treaty between the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and the Republic of Venezuela on the delimitation of marine and submarine areas, 18 April 1990. The country covers an area of 5,128 square kilometres (1,980 sq mi) and consists of two eponymous main islands, Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous smaller landforms. 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 entire population which is estimated at 1.3 million (2005). The nation lies outside the hurricane belt.

Unlike most of the English-speaking Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago's economy is primarily industrial with an emphasis on petroleum and petrochemicals.

Trinidad and Tobago is well known for its African and Indian cultures, reflected in its large and famous Carnival, Diwali, and Hosay celebrations, as well being the birthplace of steelpan, the limbo, and music styles such as calypso, soca, rapso, parang, chutney, and chutney soca.

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Boucaud playing for York City in 2011

Andre Christopher Boucaud (born 10 October 1984) is a professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder. He has played in the Football League for Peterborough United, Wycombe Wanderers, Notts County and Dagenham & Redbridge and at senior international level for Trinidad and Tobago.

Boucaud started his career in the youth system at Queens Park Rangers before moving to Reading, with whom he signed a professional contract in 2002. He had two spells on loan with Peterborough United in 2003 and signed for the club permanently in 2004. He had a loan spell with Aldershot Town of the Conference National in 2005 and was released by Peterborough in 2006. Boucaud spent a season with Kettering Town in the Conference North before signing for League Two club Wycombe Wanderers in 2007. He was released after one season and went on to spend two and a half seasons with Kettering after returning in 2008. He left them after signing for York City in 2011, following an initial loan spell at the club. Boucaud signed for Luton Town shortly after a year with York. Less than a year later he joined Notts County on loan, before signing permanently in 2013. In 2014, he signed for League Two club Dagenham & Redbridge after leaving Notts County. (Full article...)

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Today Almighty God has once more blessed us with the opportunity of making history yet again. This day will remain in your memory for as long as you live. You shall recall this day to tell your children and grandchildren on how on this momentous occasion you had the courage to stand up and be counted among those who changed the course of history.

— Basdeo Panday, 16 October 1989

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2 May 2024 – International recognition of the State of Palestine: Trinidad and Tobago formally recognizes Palestine as an independent nation. (Middle East Eye)

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Image 1Pigeon Point, Tobago. (from Tobago)
Image 2French attack on the British island of Tobago in 1781 with text. French painting from 1784. (from Tobago)
Image 3Castara village beach (from Tobago)
Image 4Tobago Cuisine - Pacro Water and Sea Moss drinks (from Tobago)
Image 5Tobago - August 2013 (1530) (from Tobago)
Image 6Nativity scene in Scarborough, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago. (from Culture of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 7Eric Williams, the first prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago (from History of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 8Seventeenth-century map showing the fort of Nieuw Vlissingen. (from Tobago)
Image 9Temple in the Sea historical marker. (from History of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 10Krishna, Radha, and the Gopis celebrating Phagwah. (from Culture of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 11Greenstone ceremonial axe, from shell midden, Mount Irvine Bay, Tobago, 1957. (from Tobago)
Image 12Red-billed tropicbird on Little Tobago. (from Tobago)
Image 13Newly arrived indentured Indians in Trinidad and Tobago (from History of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 14Panoramic shot of Downtown Scarborough, Tobago (from Tobago)
Image 15Diyas lighting on Divali night in Trinidad and Tobago. (from Culture of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 16Location of Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean
Image 17Regional Geology of Trinidad and Venezuela (from Trinidad)
Image 18Hummingbirds of Trinidad and Tobago (from Biota of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 19Tobago Cuisine - Crab and Dumplings (from Tobago)
Image 20Castara Bay (from Tobago)
Image 21A medallion commemorating the capture of Trinidad and Tobago by the British in 1797.
Image 22People celebrating Phagwah. (from Culture of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 23Green stone ceremonial axe. From shell midden, Mt Irvine Bay, Tobago, 1957 (from History of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 24Fishing - Tobago, West Indies (from Tobago)
Image 25St Giles Island, northernmost part of
Trinidad and Tobago, a bird sanctuary (from Tobago)
Image 26Maha Shivratri festival (from Culture of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 27Moruga – Christopher Columbus monument. Columbus landed here on his third voyage in 1498. This is on the southern coast of the island of Trinidad, West Indies (from Trinidad)
Image 28Divali Nagar in Chaguanas, Caroni County, Trinidad and Tobago. (from Culture of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 29Protector of Slaves Office (Trinidad), Richard Bridgens, c. 1833. (from History of Trinidad and Tobago)

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... that Trinidad and Tobago lie within a plate boundary zone near the south-eastern margin of the Caribbean Plate?
... that Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands of Trinidad and Tobago?
... that based on proximity, Trinidad and Tobago are sometimes grouped with the Windward Islands, culturally and politically?

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Bake and Shark is a traditional fast food dish of Trinidadian cuisine prepared using fried flatbread, shark meat and additional ingredients. It is a classic street food dish that is sold at a multitude of food stalls and cookshops all over Trinidad and Tobago. It consists of a fried flatbread ("bake") filled with fried pieces of shark meat and various other ingredients and sauces. Before frying, the shark meat is either seasoned with a herb blend and breaded, or marinated in a mix of lemon juice, onion, garlic, thyme and capsicum chinense. Popular additional ingredients are lettuce, coleslaw, tomatoes and/or pineapple; liquid condiments commonly used are mustard, ketchup, garlic sauce, chili sauce and/or a sauce made from culantro. In Trinidad, bake and shark is widely associated with Maracas beach on the Northern coast as it features a multitude of bake and shark stands, and the needed shark is caught in the offshore surf.

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The Red House is the seat of Parliament in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. (2007)

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