TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Official name: REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Date of membership: 7 June 1976

Short name: Trinidad and Tobago

Capital: Port-of-Spain

Government

Administrative divisions: 9 regional corporations, 2 city corporations, 3 borough corporations, and 1 ward: regional corporations: Couva/Tabaquite/Talparo, Diego Martin, Mayaro/Rio Claro, Penal/Debe, Princes Town, Sangre Grande, San Juan/Laventille, Siparia, Tunapuna/Piarco; city corporations: Port-of.Spain, San Fernando; borough corporations: Arima, Point Fortin, Chaguanas; ward: Tobago.

Independence: 31 August 1962 (from UK)

Constitution: 1 August 1976

Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal

Executive branch: Chief of state: President Anthony Carmona (since 17 March 2013).

Head of government: Prime Minister Keith Rowley

Legislative branch: Bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (31 seats; 16 members appointed by the ruling party, 9 by the President, 6 by the opposition party for a maximum term of five years) and the House of Representatives (36 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms).

Judicial branch: Supreme Court of Judicature (comprised of the High Court of Justice and the Court of Appeals; the chief justice is appointed by the president after consultation with the prime minister and the leader of the opposition; other justices are appointed by the president on the advice of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission); High Court of Justice; Court of Appeals; the highest court of appeal is the Privy Council in London.

Internet country code: .tt

Official Portal Web: http://www.opm.gov.tt

Geography

Location: Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela

Area: 5,128 sq km

Coastline: 362 km

Natural resources: Petroleum, natural gas, asphalt

Environment - international agreements: Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands.
Signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements.

 Economic indicators 

Source: Trinidad and Tobago: Economic National Profile. CEPALSTAT.
Databases and Statistical Publications. ECLAC. On line. Inquiry:
July 07, 2019.

Socio-demographic indicators 

Source: Trinidad and Tobago: National Socio-Demographic Profile.
CEPALSTAT. Data Bases and Statistical Publications. ECLAC. On line.
July 07, 2019. NA= No data available.

Languages: English (official)