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The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is a country located at the southern tip of the Caribbean. It borders the countries of Grenada and Venezuela. It was the first Caribbean country to host the Summit of the Americas. It shares maritime boundaries with other nations including Barbados to the northeast, Guyana to the southeast, and Venezuela to the south and west. A treaty between the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and the Republic of Venezuela on the delimitation of marine and submarine areas, 18 April 1990. The country covers an area of 5,128 square kilometres (1,980 sq mi) and consists of two eponymous 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 entire population which is estimated at 1.3 million (2005).

Unlike most of the English-speaking Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago's economy is primarily industrial with an emphasis on petroleum and petrochemicals.

Trinidad and Tobago is well known for its African and Indian cultures, reflected in its large and famous Carnival, Diwali, and Hosay celebrations, as well being the birthplace of steelpan, the limbo, and music styles such as calypso, soca, rapso, parang, chutney, and chutney soca.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

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Edwin Lloyd St Hill (9 March 1904 – 21 May 1957) was a Trinidadian cricketer who played two Test matches for the West Indies in 1930. His brothers, Wilton and Cyl, also played for Trinidad and Tobago; in addition, the former played Test matches for the West Indies.

St Hill first played local cricket in with some success and graduated to the Trinidad and Tobago team. He played regularly for the next five years but was not selected for any representative West Indian teams. His increased success in 1929 attracted the attention of the West Indies selectors, and he played two Test matches against England in 1930. (Full article...)

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The crowd set flop to the university of Woodford Square, to celebrate the birth of a child, the child was the PNM.

— Eric Williams, January 24th 1956

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Image 1Scarlet Ibis is one of the national birds of T&T (from Biota of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 2Tobago from space (from Tobago)
Image 3Greenstone ceremonial axe, from shell midden, Mount Irvine Bay, Tobago, 1957. (from Tobago)
Image 4Krishna, Radha, and the Gopis celebrating Phagwah. (from Culture of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 5Pigeon Point, Tobago. (from Tobago)
Image 6Grande Riviere, in a moist forest region (from Biota of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 7Caroni Swamp, Trinidad (from Biota of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 8Temple in the Sea historical marker. (from History of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 9Hummingbirds of Trinidad and Tobago (from Biota of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 10French attack on the British island of Tobago in 1781 with text. French painting from 1784. (from Tobago)
Image 11Tobago - August 2013 (1530) (from Tobago)
Image 12Trinidad and Tobago is a major nesting site for Leatherback Turtles (from Biota of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 13Panoramic shot of Downtown Scarborough, Tobago (from Tobago)
Image 14Tobago Cuisine - Crab and Dumplings (from Tobago)
Image 15Green stone ceremonial axe. From shell midden, Mt Irvine Bay, Tobago, 1957 (from History of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 16St Giles Island, northernmost part of
Trinidad and Tobago, a bird sanctuary (from Tobago)
Image 17A medallion commemorating the capture of Trinidad and Tobago by the British in 1797.
Image 18Historical parishes of Tobago (from Tobago)
Image 19Location of Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean
Image 20Fishing - Tobago, West Indies (from Tobago)
Image 21Castara Bay (from Tobago)
Image 22Coral Point, on the south of Trinidad (from Biota of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 23Maha Shivratri festival (from Culture of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 24Regional Geology of Trinidad and Venezuela (from Trinidad)
Image 25Divali Nagar in Chaguanas, Caroni County, Trinidad and Tobago. (from Culture of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 26Diyas lighting on Divali night in Trinidad and Tobago. (from Culture of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 27Nativity scene in Scarborough, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago. (from Culture of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 28Seventeenth-century map showing the fort of Nieuw Vlissingen. (from Tobago)
Image 29Castara village beach (from Tobago)
Image 30People celebrating Phagwah. (from Culture of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 31Eric Williams, the first prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago (from History of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 32Red-billed tropicbird on Little Tobago. (from Tobago)
Image 33Tobago Cuisine - Pacro Water and Sea Moss drinks (from Tobago)
Image 34Newly arrived indentured Indians in Trinidad and Tobago (from History of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 35Moruga – Christopher Columbus monument. Columbus landed here on his third voyage in 1498. This is on the southern coast of the island of Trinidad, West Indies (from Trinidad)
Image 36Protector of Slaves Office (Trinidad), Richard Bridgens, c. 1833. (from History of Trinidad and Tobago)

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Black-bellied whistling ducks (Dendrocygna autumnalis), Tobago

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... that Arthur N. R. Robinson (1926–2014), the country's third President, is the only person to have served as both Prime Minister and President of Trinidad and Tobago?
... that Stella Abidh (1903–1989) is believed to be the first Indo-Trinidadian woman to become a medical doctor?
... that Mike Agostini (1935–2016) was the first track and field athlete from Trinidad and Tobago to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games?

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Run down, also referred to as rundown, run dun, rondón, fling-me-far, and fling mi for, is a stew dish in Jamaican cuisine and Tobago cuisine. It consists of a soup made up of reduced coconut milk, with different types of seafood (fish, crabs, small lobsters or shellfish), plantain, yam, tomato, onion, and seasonings. Mackerel and salted mackerel are often used in the dish. Other fish are also used, including locally-caught fish, cod, salt cod, shad, other oily fish, red snapper, swordfish, pickled fish, bull pizzle, and cassava. Traditionally, the dish is served with side dishes of dumplings or baked breadfruit.

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The Twin Towers are landmarks in downtown Port of Spain. (2002)

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^ "In Trinidad, Diwali Lights Up Like Christmas". NPR. Archived from the original on 17 February 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
^ "Diwali in Trinidad and Tobago". trinidad.us. Archived from the original on 2 March 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
^ Ingram, Amy. "What is Chutney Music?". Wesleyan University. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
^ "Parang Music". Destination Trinidad and Tobago. Archived from the original on 10 September 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
^ "Soca Music History". Artdrum. Archived from the original on 19 September 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
^ "A brief history of the steel pan". BBC. 24 July 2012.
^ "Trinidad Carnival for Beginners". Caribbean Beat. 1 January 1993. Archived from the original on 8 April 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.

[1] "In Trinidad, Diwali Lights Up Like Christmas". NPR. Archived from the original on 17 February 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2019.

[2] "Diwali in Trinidad and Tobago". trinidad.us. Archived from the original on 2 March 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2019.

[3] Ingram, Amy. "What is Chutney Music?". Wesleyan University. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2018.

[4] "Parang Music". Destination Trinidad and Tobago. Archived from the original on 10 September 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.

[5] "Soca Music History". Artdrum. Archived from the original on 19 September 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.

[6] "A brief history of the steel pan". BBC. 24 July 2012.

[7] "Trinidad Carnival for Beginners". Caribbean Beat. 1 January 1993. Archived from the original on 8 April 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.

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