Trinidad and Tobago
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
CAPITAL: Port-of-Spain
FLAG: On a red field, a black diagonal stripe with a narrow white border on either side extends from top left to bottom right.
ANTHEM: Begins, "Forged from the love of liberty, in the fires of hope and prayer."
MONETARY UNIT: The Trinidad and Tobago dollar (TT$) is a paper currency of 100 cents. There are coins of 1, 5, 10, 25, and 50 cents, and 1 dollar, and notes of 1, 5, 10, 20, and 100 dollars. TT$1 = US$0.1634 (US$1 = TT$6.12; in April 2003).
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES: The metric system is official, but some imperial weights and measures are still used.
HOLIDAYS: New Year's Day, 1 January; Emancipation Day, 1st Monday in August; Independence Day, 31 August; Republic Day, 24 September; Christmas, 25 December; Boxing Day, 26 December. Movable holidays include Carnival, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Whitmonday, Corpus Christi, 'Id al-Fitr, and Dewali.
TIME: 8 AM = noon GMT.
Location, Size, and Extent
Situated off the northeast coast of South America at the extreme southern end of the Lesser Antilles, the islands of Trinidad and Tobago cover an area of 5,128 sq km (1,981 sq mi).
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