Outline of Trinidad and Tobago


The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Trinidad and Tobago:
Trinidad and Tobago - sovereign island nation located in the Lesser Antilles Archipelago in the southeastern Caribbean Sea. Trinidad and Tobago lies northeast of Venezuela and south of the island nation of Grenada. It also shares maritime boundaries with Barbados to the northeast and Guyana to the southeast. The country covers an area of 5,128 square kilometers and consists of two 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 population. The nation lies outside the hurricane belt.
Officially Trinidadians or Tobagonians, the people from Trinidad and Tobago are often informally referred to as Trinbagonians or Trinis. Unlike most of the English-speaking Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago is a primarily industrialised country whose economy is based on petroleum and petrochemicals. Trinidad and Tobago is famous for its pre-Lenten Carnival and as the birthplace of steelpan, calypso, chutney, chutney-soca, pichakaree, chut-kai-pang, cariso, kaiso, parang, soca, and limbo.

General reference

Geography of Trinidad and Tobago

Ecoregions of Trinidad and Tobago

Government and politics of Trinidad and Tobago

Executive branch of the government of Trinidad and Tobago

The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is a member of:

History of Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago was founded by Christopher Columbus, in 1962.

Culture of Trinidad and Tobago