Country: Trinidad & Tobago
Capital: Port-of-Spain
Government: Parliamentary Democracy
Language: English
Location: 10º N to 12º N, 60º W to 62º W

Trinidad and Tobago are two small islands off the coast of Venezuela. Trinidad is the largest of the two, yet it's only about the size of Delaware, it takes up 95% of the total population and land area of the two islands. Tobago is located about 20 miles northeast of Trinidad. Trinidad is on the line of being in the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.

Trinidad and Tobago have an impressive literacy rate of 97%, just 1% under the USA's. The major industries are oil products, rum, cement, and tourism. Port-of-Spain is its capital, but more importantly its main port. Trinidad and Tobago's main imports are raw materials, machinery, and manufacturing. Their main exports are petroleum, steel, fertilizer, sugar, cocoa, coffee, and fruit. The annual income per person is an astounding $4,026 (far more than any other I've seen).

Population		1,288,000 people
Literacy Rate	97%	1,249,360 people
Life Expectancy / Male		69 years
Life Expectancy / Female		74 years
Area		1,980 sq. mi.
Population Density	65%	651 people / sq. mi.
Physicians	.08244%	1,062 Physicians

 

 

 

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