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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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The music of Trinidad and Tobago is best known for its calypso music, soca music, chutney music, and steelpan. Calypso's internationally noted performances in the 1950s from native artists such as Lord Melody, Lord Kitchener and Mighty Sparrow. The art form was most popularised at that time by Harry Belafonte. Along with folk songs and African- and Indian-based classical forms, cross-cultural interactions have produced other indigenous forms of music including soca, rapso, parang, chutney, and other derivative and fusion styles. There are also local communities which practice and experiment with international classical and pop music, often fusing them with local steelpan instruments.

MusicTT was established in 2014 to facilitate the business development and export activity of the music industry in Trinidad and Tobago. (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 1Location of Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean
Image 2Panoramic shot of Downtown Scarborough, Tobago (from Tobago)
Image 3Seventeenth-century map showing the fort of Nieuw Vlissingen. (from Tobago)
Image 4French attack on the British island of Tobago in 1781 with text. French painting from 1784. (from Tobago)
Image 5Newly arrived indentured Indians in Trinidad and Tobago (from History of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 6Nativity scene in Scarborough, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago. (from Culture of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 7Maha Shivratri festival (from Culture of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 8Temple in the Sea historical marker. (from History of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 9Castara Bay (from Tobago)
Image 10Castara village beach (from Tobago)
Image 11Tobago Cuisine - Pacro Water and Sea Moss drinks (from Tobago)
Image 12Pigeon Point, Tobago. (from Tobago)
Image 13Diyas lighting on Divali night in Trinidad and Tobago. (from Culture of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 14St Giles Island, northernmost part of
Trinidad and Tobago, a bird sanctuary (from Tobago)
Image 15Eric Williams, the first prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago (from History of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 16Historical parishes of Tobago (from Tobago)
Image 17A medallion commemorating the capture of Trinidad and Tobago by the British in 1797.
Image 18Moruga – 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 19People celebrating Phagwah. (from Culture of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 20Greenstone ceremonial axe, from shell midden, Mount Irvine Bay, Tobago, 1957. (from Tobago)
Image 21Fishing - Tobago, West Indies (from Tobago)
Image 22Regional Geology of Trinidad and Venezuela (from Trinidad)
Image 23Protector of Slaves Office (Trinidad), Richard Bridgens, c. 1833. (from History of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 24Green stone ceremonial axe. From shell midden, Mt Irvine Bay, Tobago, 1957 (from History of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 25Tobago Cuisine - Crab and Dumplings (from Tobago)
Image 26Hummingbirds of Trinidad and Tobago (from Biota of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 27Red-billed tropicbird on Little Tobago. (from Tobago)
Image 28Divali Nagar in Chaguanas, Caroni County, Trinidad and Tobago. (from Culture of Trinidad and Tobago)
Image 29Tobago - August 2013 (1530) (from Tobago)
Image 30Krishna, Radha, and the Gopis celebrating Phagwah. (from Culture of Trinidad and Tobago)

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Scarborough, Tobago

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Downtown Scarborough

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... that Duguetia tobagensis, a small tree endemic to the island of Tobago, has only been collected three times since its original discovery in 1912?
... that although it has not been formally assessed by the IUCN, the plant Justicia flaviflora is considered critically endangered because it can only be naturally found on one mountain in Trinidad and Tobago?
... that the endemic flora of Trinidad and Tobago includes a total of 59 plant species, including one that was last collected between 1786 and 1791?

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Fried bake is a Caribbean dish. Many West Indian nations including Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Lucia, and Guyana eat this dish. The main ingredient in fried bake is flour. It can be served in a multitude of ways. This dish is usually served with salt fish and steamed vegetables.

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Steelband in Port of Spain, Trinidad, in the early 1950s.

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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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