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The Five Islands in Trinidad and Tobago as seen approaching from the North The Five Islands (left), Carrera Island (middle), and the Point Gourde Peninsula at sunset. The view is looking southwest from Trinidad. The Five Islands are actually a group of six small islands lying west of Port of Spain in the Gulf of Paria. Also known as Las Cotorras.
The list also includes two states in free association with New Zealand, the Cook Islands and Niue, as well as two states with limited diplomatic recognition which have de facto control over territories entirely on the islands, Northern Cyprus and Taiwan. [2] In total, 50 island countries have been included in the lists.
Trinidad and Tobago, [a] officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean.Comprising the main islands of Trinidad and Tobago, along with numerous smaller islands, it is located 11 kilometres (6 nautical miles) northeast off the coast of Venezuela, 130 kilometres (70 nautical miles) south of Grenada, and west of Barbados.
Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The island lies 11 km (6.8 mi) off the northeastern coast of Venezuela and sits on the continental shelf of South America. It is the southernmost island in the West Indies. With an area of 4,768 km 2 (1,841 sq mi), it is also the fifth largest in the West ...
List of islands of the Netherlands Antilles; List of islands of Puerto Rico; List of islands of Saint Barthélemy; List of islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis; List of islands of Saint Lucia; List of islands of Saint Martin; List of islands of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago; List of islands of the Turks ...
Regions of Trinidad; Region Land area [3] Population (2011) [5] Population density [3] Regional Capital km 2 sq mi /km 2 /sq mi Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo: 723 279 178,410 247 640 Couva: Mayaro–Rio Claro: 814 314 35,650 44 110 Rio Claro: Penal–Debe: 246 95 89,392 363 940 Penal: Princes Town: 620 240 102,375 165 430 Princes Town: San Juan ...
This is an alphabetical list of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Americas.It comprises three regions, Northern America (Canada and the United States), the Caribbean (cultural region of the English, French, Dutch, and Creole speaking countries located on the Caribbean Sea) and Latin America (nations that speak Spanish and Portuguese).
Modern Trinidad and Tobago maintains close relations with its Caribbean neighbours and major North American and European trading partners. As the most industrialized and second-largest country in the English-speaking Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago has taken a leading role in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), and strongly supports CARICOM economic integration efforts.