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Total area: 1,981 sq mi (5,131 sq km)
Population (2009 est.): 1,229,953 (growth rate: –0.1%); birth rate: 14.3/1000; infant mortality rate: 29.9/1000; life expectancy: 70.8; density per sq mi: 533
Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Port-of-Spain, 263,800 (metro. area), 45,300 (city proper)
Monetary unit: Trinidad and Tobago dollar
Trinidad and Tobago lie in the Caribbean Sea off the northeast coast of Venezuela. Trinidad, the larger at 1,864 sq mi (4,828 sq km), is mainly flat and rolling, with mountains in the north that reach a height of 3,085 ft (940 m) at Mount Aripo. Tobago, at just 116 sq mi (300 sq km), is heavily forested with hardwood trees.
Languages: English (official), Hindi, French, Spanish, Chinese
Ethnicity/race: Indian (South Asian) 40%, African 37.5%, mixed 20.5%, other 1.2%, unspecified 0.8% (2000)
Religions: Roman Catholic 26%, Anglican 8%, Baptist 7%, Pentecostal 7%, Seventh-Day Adventist 4%, other Christian 6%, Hindu 22%, Islam 6%, none 2%
Literacy rate: 99% (2003 est.)
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