GDP Official Exchange Rate (OER is more precise at gauging a countries economic power)
(Estimated 2011): $22.1 billion (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (OER) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): (US$) or (GBP)
GDP Purchasing Power Parity (PPP is good for gauging living conditions and use of resources but not as accurate as OER. This data has been calculated based on the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States)
(Estimated 2011): $26.15 billion (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (PPP) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): $20,300 (US$) or (GBP)
Capital: Port of Spain
Population (Estimated July 2012): 1,226,383
Area: 5,155km2 or 1,990mi2
Currency: Trinidad and Tobago dollar (TT$)
Official Language: English
Political Information: Parliamentary Republic
Official Religion: No Official Religion (approximately 26% of the population are Roman Catholic, 25.8% are Protestant, 22.5% are Hindu, 5.8% are Muslim, 5.8% have different Christian Beliefs, 12.2% have other or unspecified beliefs, and 1.9% have no religious beliefs)
Highest Mountain: El Cerro del Aripo at 940m or 3,084ft
Largest River:
Time Zone (GMT/UTC): -4:00
Wildlife:
Counties/Provinces/States: 9 regions, 3 boroughs, 2 cities, 1 ward
regions: Couva/Tabaquite/Talparo, Diego Martin, Mayaro/Rio Claro, Penal/Debe, Princes Town, Sangre Grande, San Juan/Laventille, Siparia, Tunapuna/Piarco
borough: Arima, Chaguanas, Point Fortin
cities: Port of Spain, San Fernando
ward: Tobago
Leaders: President George Maxwell Richards; Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar
Additional: Gained independence from the U.K. on the 31st of August 1962.
Sources: CIA World Fact Book, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Trinidad and Tobago connect (www.ttconnect.gov.tt )
Trinidad and Tobago (Republic of Trinidad and Tobago)
