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Trinidad and Tobago, [a] officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean.Comprising the main islands of Trinidad and Tobago, along with numerous smaller islands, it is located 11 kilometres (6 nautical miles) northeast off the coast of Venezuela, 130 kilometres (70 nautical miles) south of Grenada, and west of Barbados.
Trinidad and Tobago achieved full independence via the Trinidad and Tobago Independence Act 1962 on 31 August 1962 within the Commonwealth with Queen Elizabeth II as its titular head of state. On 1 August 1976, the country became a republic, and the last Governor-General , Sir Ellis Clarke , became the first President.
Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The island lies 11 km (6.8 mi) off the northeastern coast of Venezuela and sits on the continental shelf of South America.
The largest of these, Little Tobago, is starfish shaped, hilly, and 1.2 km 2 (0.46 sq mi). [1] Because it was once part of continental South America, Trinidad has an assortment of tropical vegetation and wildlife considerably more varied than that of most Caribbean islands. [1] Tobago has a generally similar but less varied assortment. [1]
Nativity scene in Scarborough, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago. In Christmas , parang is the traditional form of music at that time of year as well as a modern admixture called soca parang. Pastelle , [ 1 ] [ clarification needed ] black cake , fruit cake , sweet bread ( paime ) [ clarification needed ] are customary eats; Peardrax , [ 2 ] ponche ...
Couva is a town in west-central Trinidad, south of Port of Spain and Chaguanas and north of San Fernando and Point Fortin.It is the capital and main urban centre of Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo, and the Greater Couva area includes the Point Lisas industrial estate and the port of Point Lisas.
Rank Name Municipality Pop. Rank Name Municipality Pop. Chaguanas San Fernando: 1: Chaguanas: Borough of Chaguanas: 101,297: 11: Sangre Grande: Region of Sangre Grande
Trinidad and Tobago is home to about 99 species of terrestrial mammals. About 65 of the mammalian species in the islands are bats (including cave roosting, tree and cavity roosting bats and even foliage-tent-making bats; all with widely differing diets from nectar and fruit, to insects, small vertebrates such as fish, frogs, small birds and rodents and even those that consume vertebrate blood).