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GENERAL INFORMATION

* OFFICAL NAME Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
* AREA 5,128 sq. km (Trinidad 4,828 sq. km - Tobago 300 sq. km)
* HEAD OF STATE President George Maxwell Richards
* HEAD OF GOVERNMENT Prime Minister Patrick Manning
* RULING PARTY Peoples National Movement
* CAPITAL CITY Port Of Spain
* POPULATION 1,278,000 (1993)
* OFFICAL LANGUAGE English
* CURRENCY Trinidad and Tobago Dollar (TT$)
* CLIMATE

The islands are warm all year round, with a mean air temperature ranging between 32 degrees Celsius (90 degrees Fahrenheit) at the maximum and 23 degrees Celsius (73 degrees Fahrenheit) at the minimum. There are only two seasons, a "dry that lasts from about January to May and a "wet that lasts from June to December. The annual rainfall is approximately 2,000 mm and the average number of hours of daylight is approximately 11 hours per day.

* EXCHANGE RATE A floating rate system is in force
approximately TT$6.30 = US$1.00
* TIME Summer: EST, GMT -5 : Winter: EST+1, GMT-4
* ETHNIC PROFILE 40.8% African descent
40.7% East Indian descent
16.3% Mixed descent
1% European descent
1% Chinese descent
0.2% Other
* PHONE/FAX CODE 1 (868) + seven (7) digit local number

 

 
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