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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).

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.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

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Gordon in the 2012 Olympic final

Lalonde Keida Gordon, HBM (born 25 November 1988) is a Tobagonian male track and field sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. He won the bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics with a personal best of 44.52 seconds. He is the fifth fastest 400 m runner from his country after Jereem Richards, Machel Cedenio, Ian Morris and Deon Lendore.

He took a second Olympic bronze with the 4 × 400 metres relay team in London, setting a national record in the process. He was also part of the Trinidad and Tobago relay teams that won gold at the 2017 IAAF World Championships, bronze at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships, silver at the 2011 CAC Championships, and bronze at the 2010 CAC Games. (Full article...)

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3 July 2025 –: South American trade bloc MERCOSUR and European bloc EFTA sign a free trade agreement, setting up a free trade zone of nearly 300 million people. (DW) (Buenos Aires Herald)

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Image 1Fishing – Tobago, West Indies (from Tobago)
Image 2Location of Trinidad and Tobago
Image 3Moruga – Christopher Columbus monument. Columbus landed here on his third voyage in 1498. This is on the southern coast of the island of Trinidad (from Trinidad)
Image 4Maha Shivratri festival (from Culture of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 5Protector of Slaves Office (Trinidad), Richard Bridgens, c. 1833. (from History of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 6People celebrating Phagwah. (from Culture of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 7Greenstone ceremonial axe, from shell midden, Mount Irvine Bay, Tobago, 1957. (from Tobago)
Image 8Coral Point, on the south of Trinidad (from Biota of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 9Diyas lighting on Divali night in Trinidad and Tobago. (from Culture of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 10Tobago from space
Image 11Caroni Swamp, Trinidad (from Biota of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 12Temple in the Sea historical marker. (from History of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 13Red-billed tropicbird on Little Tobago. (from Tobago)
Image 14St Giles Island, northernmost part of
Trinidad and Tobago, a bird sanctuary (from Tobago)
Image 15Castara village beach (from Tobago)
Image 16Hummingbirds of Trinidad and Tobago (from Biota of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 17Eric Williams, the first prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago (from History of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 18Scarlet Ibis is one of the national birds of T&T (from Biota of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 19Panoramic shot of Downtown Scarborough, Tobago (from Tobago)
Image 20Krishna, Radha, and the Gopis celebrating Phagwah. (from Culture of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 21Divali Nagar in Chaguanas, Caroni County, Trinidad and Tobago. (from Culture of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 22Seventeenth-century map showing the fort of Nieuw Vlissingen. (from Tobago)
Image 23Green stone ceremonial axe. From shell midden, Mt Irvine Bay, Tobago, 1957 (from History of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 24Grande Riviere, a moist forest region (from Biota of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 25Regional Geology of Trinidad and Venezuela (from Trinidad)
Image 26French attack on the British island of Tobago in 1781 with text. French painting from 1784. (from Tobago)
Image 27Tobago – August 2013 (1530) (from Tobago)
Image 28Tobago Cuisine – Crab and Dumplings (from Tobago)
Image 29Nativity scene in Scarborough, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago. (from Culture of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 30A medallion commemorating the capture of Trinidad and Tobago by the British in 1797.
Image 31Historical parishes of Tobago (from Tobago)
Image 32Castara Bay (from Tobago)
Image 33Newly arrived indentured Indians in Trinidad and Tobago (from History of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 34Pigeon Point, Tobago. (from Tobago)
Image 35Tobago Cuisine – Pacro Water and Sea Moss drinks (from Tobago)
Image 36Trinidad and Tobago is a major nesting site for Leatherback Turtles (from Biota of Trinidad and Tobago)

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... that El Cerro del Aripo is the highest point in Trinidad and Tobago? It is part of the Aripo Massif and is located in the Northern Range on the island of Trinidad.
... that Pitch Lake is the world's largest natural deposit of asphalt?
... that Tobago's Main Ridge is one of the oldest protected areas in the world set aside for conservation, having been created by the British Parliament in 1776?

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Pelau is a traditional rice dish of the French West Indies (Guadeloupe, Dominica, Saint Lucia) and popularized in other Caribbean countries such as Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Main ingredients are meat (usually chicken or beef, rice, pigeon peas or cowpeas, coconut milk and sugar; various vegetables and spices are optional ingredients. Spices used in the dish include cardamom, cloves, cumin and coriander. The meat is caramelised and the other ingredients are then added one by one, resulting in a dark brown stew. An alternative preparation method is to sauté the meat, precook the rice, prepare the dish and bake it in the oven.

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

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^ "In Trinidad, Diwali Lights Up Like Christmas". NPR. Archived from the original on 17 February 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
^ "Diwali in Trinidad and Tobago". trinidad.us. Archived from the original on 2 March 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
^ Ingram, Amy. "What is Chutney Music?". Wesleyan University. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
^ "Parang Music". Destination Trinidad and Tobago. Archived from the original on 10 September 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
^ "Soca Music History". Artdrum. Archived from the original on 19 September 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
^ "A brief history of the steel pan". BBC. 24 July 2012.
^ "Trinidad Carnival for Beginners". Caribbean Beat. 1 January 1993. Archived from the original on 8 April 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.

[1] "In Trinidad, Diwali Lights Up Like Christmas". NPR. Archived from the original on 17 February 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2019.

[2] "Diwali in Trinidad and Tobago". trinidad.us. Archived from the original on 2 March 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2019.

[3] Ingram, Amy. "What is Chutney Music?". Wesleyan University. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2018.

[4] "Parang Music". Destination Trinidad and Tobago. Archived from the original on 10 September 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.

[5] "Soca Music History". Artdrum. Archived from the original on 19 September 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.

[6] "A brief history of the steel pan". BBC. 24 July 2012.

[7] "Trinidad Carnival for Beginners". Caribbean Beat. 1 January 1993. Archived from the original on 8 April 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.

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