Tony Guppy Steelpan Site
TRINBAGO
All about Trinidad & Tobago, The People, the Music, Arts and Culture
Trinidad and Tobago are sometimes called "Trinbago" or referred to as simply "T&T." Citizens are officially called Trinidadians and Tobagonians.......... Both Trinidadians and Tobagonians are called Trinbagonians. Trinidadians are informally referred to as Trinis. |
|
|
|
|
Trinidad & Tobago are the southernmost
islands in the caribbean chain,only 10km
(7 miles) from the Venezuelan coast and
geologically part of South America. Trinidad is 4,828 .sq km(1,864 sq.miles) Tobago is 300 sq. km (116 sq. miles) Population : about 1.3 millian people. Trinidad & Tobago is also cosmopolitan, Our ancestors came from Africa, Europe, India,Asia,and the Middle East,speaking many different languages. We are a nation of many diversities, sharing with each other the music and food and festivals of four continents, yet we are unique and original in our Arts and Culture Our natural resources are natural gas ,petroleum and asphalt. Trinidad and Tobago has become one of the major gas development centers in the world today, and is one of the leading suppliers of natural gas to the U.S. The Pitch Lake located on Trinidad's southwestern coast, is the world's largest natural reservoir of asphalt. |
