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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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Eternal flame and 1990 Coup Attempt Memorial, the Red House, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

The Jamaat al Muslimeen coup d'état attempt was an attempt to overthrow the government of Trinidad and Tobago, instigated on Friday, 27 July 1990. Over the course of six days, Jamaat al Muslimeen, a radical extremist Islamist group, held hostages (including Prime Minister A. N. R. Robinson and other government officials) at the Red House and at the headquarters of the state-owned national television broadcaster, Trinidad and Tobago Television (TTT). On 1 August, the insurgents surrendered. They were charged with treason, but were ordered released by the Court of Appeal. Twenty four people were killed and many more were injured in the coup. (Full article...)

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Country will never be lost, if we continue to produce children, like the children I saw in North Eastern College.

— George Chambers

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

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Charlotteville village

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View of Charlotteville village in Tobago from Fort Campbelton

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... that Pope John Paul II (1920–2005) visited Port of Spain on 5 February 1985?
... that V. S. Naipaul (1932–2018), from Chaguanas, Trinidad, won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001?
... that Santa Cruz, Trinidad and Tobago is known as the home of international cricketer Brian Lara (born 1969)? Lara has made the highest individual score and only quadruple century in Test cricket.

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Fried bake is a Caribbean dish. Many West Indian nations including Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Lucia, and Guyana eat this dish. The main ingredient in fried bake is flour. It can be served in a multitude of ways. This dish is usually served with salt fish and steamed vegetables.

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Steelband in Port of Spain, Trinidad, in the early 1950s.

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