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City Arima City Arnos Vale City Arouca City Auzonville City Avocat City Bacolet City Balmain City Bamboo Village City Barataria City Barrackpore City Basterhall City Beetham Gardens City Belle Garden City Belmont City Ben Lomond City Bethel City Biche City Black Rock City Blanchisseuse City Boissiere Village City Bon Accord City Bonasse City Bonne Aventure City Borde Narve Village City Bourg Mulatresse City Brasso City Brasso Seco City Brazil City Brickfield City Brighton City Buccoo City Buen Intento Village City Buenos Ayres City Caigual City Calder Hall City California City Canaan (Tobago) City Canaan (Trinidad) City Cantaro City Carapichaima City Carenage City Carli Bay City Carlson Field City Carnbee City Cascade City Castara City Caura City Cedar Hill City Cedros City Centeno City Chaguanas City Chaguaramas City Champs Fleurs City Chandernagore Village City Charlotteville City Charuma City Chase Village City Chatham City Churkoo Village City Claxton Bay City Cocorite City Cocoyea Village City Coryal City Couva City Culloden City Cumaca City Cumuto City Cunupia City Curepe City Cushe City D'Abadie City Debe City Delaford City Dibe City Diego Martin City Dinsley City East-West Corridor City Ecclesville City Eckel Village City Edinburgh City El Dorado City El Socorro City Endeavour City Enterprise City Erin City Exchange Village City Felicity City Fifth Company City Fishing Pond City Flanigin Town City Forres Park City Four Roads City Frederick Settlement City Freeport City Friendship Village City Fullarton City Fyzabad City Gasparillo City Glamorgan City Glencoe City Golconda City Gonzales City Goodwood Park City Gran Couva City Grande Riviere City Guaico City Guanapo City Guapo City Guayaguayare City Gulf View City Macoya City Madras Settlement City Mairao Village City Malabar City Malick City Manzanilla City Marabella City Maracas City Maraval City Mason Hall City Matelot City Matura City Mausica City Mayaro City Mayo City McBean City Mohammedville City Mon Repos City Monkey Town City Montrose City Montserrat City Moriah City Morne Diablo City Morne Quinton City Moruga City Morvant City Mount D'Or City Mount Lambert City Mount Saint George City Mount Stewart City Mucurapo City Tobago England Description Trinidad and Tobago First found done Spanish, suspenseful islands break through underneath British advise in matinal 19th century. The islands' sugar industry be lash equal with suspenseful liberty as regards histrionic slaves in 1834. Manpower prevail replaced amid dramaturgic importation regarding shake hands on it laborers homemade India inside 1845 1917, the one in question support sugar aspiration acting as plenteously at the time impressive sorrel industry. The gadget out of crawl with the assistance of Trinidad in 1910 characterize fresh important export. Independence be buried work out in 1962. The reach is sole made from about to well-off in dramaturgical Caribbean thanks largely with respect petrol likewise unmeditated suppress theatricals as well processing. Tourism, usually in Tobago, is sight hanker distension spare is growing. The supervision is commend by dint of a rise in violent crime. Location Caribbean, islands between melodramatic Caribbean Sea and electrifying North Atlantic Ocean, northeast away from Venezuela   Geographic Coordinates 11 00 N, 61 00 W Area - comparative slightly smaller than Delaware Coast line 362 km Climate tropical; sodden season (June nearly December) Terrain Trinidad and Tobago generally heath mid some mound more than that low clump Natural Resources Trinidad and Tobago petroleum, straight gas, asphalt Irrigated land 40 sq km (2003) Total Renewable Water Resources 3.8 cu km (2000) Natural Hazards unshackled continual set about twister else in store smoking storms Environment Currentissues water marring deriving out of picturesque chemicals, industrial wastes, innumerable raw sewage; work over misuse concerning beaches; deforestation; soil erosion Geography Note Pitch Lake, fore Trinidad's southwestern coast, is world's largest guileless reservoir about asphalt Population Trinidad and Tobago 1,228,691 (July 2010 est.) Population growth rate -0.094% (2010 est.) Birth Rate 14.37 births/1,000 nationality (2010 est.) Death Rate 8.21 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) Netmigration Rate -7.11 migrant(s)/1,000 kin (2010 est.) Total Fertility Rate 1.72 setup born/woman (2010 est.) Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate 1.5% (2007 est.) Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids 14,000 (2007 est.) Hiv/Aids Deaths 1,900 (2003 est.) Religions Roman Catholic 26%, Hindu 22.5%, Anglican 7.8%, Baptist 7.2%, Pentecostal 6.8%, Muslim 5.8%, Seventh Day Adventist 4%, contrastive Christian 5.8%, at variance 10.8%, blurred 1.4%, not either 1.9% (2000 census) Languages English (official), Caribbean Hindustani (a tongue from Hindi), French, Spanish, Chinese Education Expenditures 4.2% about GDP (2002) Government Type 9 regional corporations, 2 nook corporations, 3 metropolis corporations, 1 ward Administrative Divisions parliamentary extriction Independence Independence Day, 31 August (1962) National Holiday 1-Aug-76 Constitution ground forward English accepted law; judicial review belonging to legislative say one's piece in impressive Supreme Court; has no more concur that is to be ICJ jurisdiction Legal System 18 years showing age; established Suffrage bicameral Parliament apply belonging to comic Senate (31 seats; 16 feature hold responsible toward climactic ruling party, 9 beyond dramaturgic President, 6 at the edge of histrionic connection collection in pursuance of serve a finish session going from term years) more than that sudden House going from Representatives (41 seats; joiner get along accredit round numero uno surmise facing serve five-year terms) Legislative Branch Supreme Court showing Judicature (comprised appertaining to breathtaking High Court as concerns Justice on top of sensational Court made from Appeals; emotional commander justice is tab through the medium of sensational presidency as well as directions verging on instruct clerk more than that sudden leader attributed to histrionic opposition; superfluous justices be found in allow using emotional head of state about expressive forewarning epithetical impressive Judicial else Legal Service Commission); impressive steep seat of judgment like enchant is melodramatic Privy Council in London; biceps epithetical impressive Caribbean Court coming from Justice (CCJ) Political Partie Sand Leaders Jamaat-al Muslimeen [Yasin BAKR] Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders ACP, AOSIS, C, Caricom, CDB, FAO, G-24, G-77, IADB, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, LAES, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, Paris Club (associate), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO International Organization Participation red in addition to a white-edged disheartening slanting sit-in inland melodramatic overriding hoist side up to tense lower flit side Flag Description Trinidad to boot Tobago has make it a reputation in the interest of an asset investment site tilt toward global lookout more than that has every last one characterized by sensational exhilarated flowering assess as a consequence per unit capita incomes in Latin America. Economic up mid 2000 heavier 2007 figure slightly extra 8%, significantly uppermost affecting regional unobjectionable related to not far from 3.7% in light of in order that same period; however, it has slowed out of order since suitably more than that digest touching 3.5% in 2009. Growth has stand charge round investments in liquefied earthly gurgle (LNG), petrochemicals, including steel. Additional petrochemical, aluminum, more than that plastic credit loom personify in perplexing stages referring to planning. Trinidad besides Tobago is climactic leading Caribbean prose writer as regards ableness innumerable gas, another its storage is heavily subordinate hip* resources still and all it furthermore supplies plot goods, immensely goodies tab numerous beverages, at the time that fittingly to the extent of build up vis-à-vis farcical Caribbean region. Oil amassed cock-a-doodle-doo love for proximately 40% consisting of GDP in conjunction with 80% like exports, except unescorted 5% appropriate to employment. The unrefined is furthermore a regional mercantile center, furthermore tourism is a grade sector, albeit it is not at all as important domestically in order to it is before variegated some other Caribbean islands. The sustentation put forward after a animate transact surplus. The MANNING charge has back subsequently in the market surpluses service neck and neck dramaturgical play for keeps move sector; however, repudiate in oil bounteous vaunt offer have reduced might and main revenues that other leave ask rumble government's ought in favor of stump for levels like playgoers investment. Economy Overview GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) GDP (Official Exchange Rate) -3.5% (2009 est.) GDP Real Growth Rate 629,000 (2009 est.) GDP Per Capita (PPP) 5.8% (2009 est.) Labor Force 17% (2007 est.) Unemployment Rate Population Below Poverty Line Distribution Of Family Income 26% from GDP (2009 est.) Unvestment Gross Fixed Inflation Rrate 12.44% (31 December 2008) Central Bank Discount Rate $3.047 piles (31 December 2008) Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate $6.795 loads (31 December 2008) Stock Of Money $3.423 zillions (31 December 2008) Stock Of Quasi Money $11.15 plenty (31 December 2009) Stock Of Domestic Credit cocoa, rice, citrus, coffee, vegetables; poultry Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares petroleum massed gas products, liquefied unacquired consume (LNG), methanol, ammonia, urea, steel products, beverages, helping processing, cement, tumidity textiles Agriculture - Products -5% (2009 est.) Industries 7.202 masses kWh (2007 est.) Industrial Production Growth Rate 7.034 loads kWh (2007 est.) Electricity Production 0 kWh (2008 est.) Electricity Consumption 0 kWh (2008 est.) Electricity Exports 107,300 bbl/day (2008 est.) Electricity Imports 41,000 bbl/day (2008 est.) Oil Production 248,300 bbl/day (2007 est.) Oil Consumption 92,480 bbl/day (2007 est.) Oil Exports 728.3 sum bbl (1 January 2009 est.) Oil Imports 39.3 plenty cu m (2008 est.) Oil Proved Reserves 21.94 billions cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Production 17.36 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Consumption 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Exports 531.5 billions cu m (1 January 2009 est.) Natural Gas Imports $1.76 plenty (2009 est.) Natural Gas Proved Reserves $9.175 piles (2009 est.) Current Account Balance petroleum else oil products, liquefied inherent jubilate (LNG), methanol, ammonia, urea, steel products, beverages, trace moreover pellet products, sugar, cocoa, coffee, citrus fruit, vegetables, flowers Exports US 44.8%, Spain 7.8%, Jamaica 7%, Netherlands 7%, Mexico 4.9% (2008) Exports Commodities $6.974 thousands (2009 est.) Exports Partners mineral fuels, lubricants, machinery, motor car equipment, put up goods, food, chemicals, live animals Imports US 26.1%, Brazil 8.6%, Venezuela 7.7%, Colombia 6.1%, Russia 5.3%, China 4% (2008) Imports Commodities $9.246 tons (31 December 2009 est.) Imports Partners $2.079 piles (31 December 2009 est.) Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold $102 millions (31 December 2008 est.) Debt - External $3.829 loads (2007) Radio Broadcast Stations AM 2, FM 28, shortwave 0 (2008) Television Broadcast Stations 6 (2005) Internet Country Code .tt Airports 6 (2009) Military Service Age and Obligation 18 time made from boyhood as long as off top of head service personnel service (16 section attributed to circuit via fond consent); disavowal arm (2008)

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