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Map of Trinidad and Tobago. List of cities, towns, settlements, and villages in Trinidad and Tobago: Largest ...
Trinidadian Spanish is closely related to the Spanish found in the east of Venezuela (Sucre, Caribbean Coast) and Margarita Island and shares many features with Caribbean Spanish in general. Due to the Venezuelan presence in Trinidad, it is likely that the local dialect of spoken Spanish will become ever more venezolano or sucrense.
Port of Spain measures about 10.4 km 2 (c. 4 sq. mi) in area and is located in the northwest section of the island of Trinidad, between the Gulf of Paria, the Northern Range and the Caroni Swamp. The Northern Range is the range of tall, biodiverse hills across the northern portion of Trinidad and is considered an extension of the Andes ...
Trinidad and Tobago. In 2014, Spanish was the native language of around 4,000 people (or 0.3% of the total population) living in Trinidad and Tobago. [1] The number has grown substantially referred to the massive immigration of Venezuelans due to the ongoing crisis in that country. [citation needed]
Cedros is a coastal area that lies on a peninsula at the South-Western end of the island of Trinidad.Named by Spanish sailors due to the once heavy presence of cedar trees, it is located at the tip of the peninsula which lies mere miles off the coast of Venezuela and is the most southern point in the Caribbean.
On 20 October 1889 the British crown implemented a Royal Order in Council constituting Tobago as a ward of Trinidad, thus terminating local government on Tobago and formed a unified colony government. In 1945 when the county council system was first introduced, Tobago was administered as a single county of Trinidad.
Laventille is the place where steel pan was born, and the birthplace of innovative world-renowned tuners such as Rudolph Charles and Bertie Marshall. [1]As the heart of the steelpan world, this is where pioneer Winston "Spree" Simon lived and created one of the century's new acoustical musical instruments.
Originally named San José de Oruña, it was the capital of Spanish Trinidad between 1592 and 1783. [1] In 1595, it was attacked and held by Sir Walter Raleigh and was used as a base for his exploration of the Orinoco River in search of the fabled city of El Dorado. [2] Soon after his return the place was burnt and sacked.