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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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Andrew Gordon Ganteaume (22 January 1921 – 17 February 2016) was a Trinidadian cricketer who played one Test match for the West Indies in 1948 as a batsman. He scored 112 in his only Test innings which left him with the highest Test batting average in history until it was surpassed by Kurtis Patterson. Ganteaume played for Trinidad from a young age and was chosen to play in a Test match against England following his good batting form in 1948. However, his slow scoring probably cost him his place and he never played another Test, although he toured England with the West Indies in 1957. At the time of his death, Ganteaume was the oldest surviving West Indies Test cricketer. (Full article...)

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

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Scarborough, Tobago

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Downtown Scarborough

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... that Trinidad and Tobago lie within a plate boundary zone near the south-eastern margin of the Caribbean Plate?
... that Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands of Trinidad and Tobago?
... that based on proximity, Trinidad and Tobago are sometimes grouped with the Windward Islands, culturally and politically?

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Pelau is a traditional rice dish of the French West Indies (Guadeloupe, Dominica, Saint Lucia) and popularized in other Caribbean countries such as Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Main ingredients are meat (usually chicken or beef, rice, pigeon peas or cowpeas, coconut milk and sugar; various vegetables and spices are optional ingredients. Spices used in the dish include cardamom, cloves, cumin and coriander. The meat is caramelised and the other ingredients are then added one by one, resulting in a dark brown stew. An alternative preparation method is to sauté the meat, precook the rice, prepare the dish and bake it in the oven.

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City of San Fernando, the most populous city and second most populous municipality in Trinidad and Tobago (2004)

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1802, Trinidad becomes a colony of France for the third time (after being nominally a part of France since November 1801).
1803, Trinidad cease to be a colony of France for the third time, due to the Treaty of Amiens, becoming again a British Colony under the short-lived resumption of governorship by Thomas Picton
2007, the Trinidad_and_Tobago_Football_Association#2006_World_Cup_players.27_bonus_dispute national football team players file a lawsuit against the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association

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1888 Michel Maxwell Philip, Trinidadian novelist, lawyer, and civil servant

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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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