north america • TTO
Trinidad and Tobago
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10.69° N / 61.22° WTHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Port of Spain
- Population
- 1,368,333 2024
- Area
- 5,130 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- English
- Currency
- Trinidad and Tobago dollar (TTD)
- Geography
- Island country
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago (TT) is a nation consisting primarily of two Caribbean islands, Trinidad and Tobago, just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. The country is the most industrialised and one of the most prosperous in the Caribbean. Overall, tourism is not a major industry (though the island of Tobago has proportionally more), leaving the islands replete with natural unspoiled beauty not found in most other Caribbean countries.
Landscape & landmarks
Bucco Reef is a natural coral reef on the North Coast of Tobago. The Nylon Pool is an area of shallow water on top of the reef. The water is crystal clear and looks like fishing line nylon, hence the name.Read the see section ↗
Food & everyday culture
The most popular fast snack is a doubles. Doubles is curried chickpeas (chnana) enclosed in two pieces of fried flat bread (bara roti), and served with your choice of condiments.Read the eat section ↗
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-09-11. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- Caribbean
- Calling code
- +1868
- Internet domain
- .tt
- Land border codes
- None listed
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the left side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .tt. Source ↗
- The source lists monday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.