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Trinidad
Trinidad is the larger, more populous island of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the country. The island lies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela and sits on the continental shelf of South America. It is the southernmost island in the Caribbean. With an area of , it is also the fifth-largest in the Caribbean. Name The original name for the island in the Arawakan languages was which meant "Land of the Hummingbird". Christopher Columbus renamed it ('The Island of the Trinity'), fulfilling a vow he had made before setting out on his third voyage. This has since been shortened to ''Trinidad''. Indo-Trinidadians called the island चीनीदत्त , 𑂒𑂲𑂢𑂲𑂠𑂞𑂹𑂞 , , ''Chinidat'' or ''Chinidad'' in Trinidadian Hindustani which translated to the land of sugar. The usage of the term goes back to the 19th century when recruiters from India would call the island ''Chinidat'' as a way of luring workers into indentureship. On Tuesday, 31 Jul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Of Spain
Port of Spain ( ; Trinidadian and Tobagonian English, Trinidadian English: ''Port ah Spain'' ) is the capital and chief port of Trinidad and Tobago. With a municipal population of 49,867 (2017), an urban population of 81,142 and a transient daily population of 250,000, it is Trinidad and Tobago's third largest municipality, after Chaguanas and San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, San Fernando. Port of Spain is located on the Gulf of Paria, on the northwest coast of the island of Trinidad and is part of East–West Corridor, a larger conurbation stretching from Chaguaramas, Trinidad, Chaguaramas in the west to Arima in the east with an estimated population of 600,000. The city serves primarily as a retail and administrative centre and it has been the capital of the island since 1757. It is also an important financial services centre for the Caribbean [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indo–Trinidadians And Tobagonians
Indo–Trinidadians and Tobagonians or Trinidadian and Tobagonian Indians are people from Trinidad and Tobago whose ancestors are of Indo-Caribbean people, Indian origin that came from India and the wider Indian subcontinent, subcontinent beginning in 1845 during the period of colonization and Indian indenture system, indentureship. Indo–Trinidadians and Tobagonians are a subgroup of Indo-Caribbean people, which is a subgroup of the wider Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin, Indian diaspora. Generally, most Indo-Trinidadians can trace their ancestry back to North India especially the Bhojpuri region, Bhojpur and Awadh regions of the Hindi Belt, which lies in the Indo-Gangetic Plain, Gangetic plains that is located between the Ganga and Yamuna rivers and faces the mountain ranges of the Himalayas, the Kaimur Range, Kaimur, and the Vindhyas. However, some Indo-Trinidadians may trace their ancestry to other parts of South Asia, notably South India. Indians first arrive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of Trinidad And Tobago
The president of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is the head of state of Trinidad and Tobago and the commander-in-chief of the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force. The office was established when the country became a republic in 1976, before which the head of state was the Queen of Trinidad and Tobago, Elizabeth II. The last governor-general, Sir Ellis Clarke, was sworn in as the first president on 1 August 1976 under a transitional arrangement. He was formally chosen as president by an electoral college consisting of members of both houses of Parliament on 24 September 1976, which is now celebrated as Republic Day. The president's post was one of many temporarily suspended during the Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt lasting from 27 July 1990 - 1 August 1990 when it resumed. The current president of Trinidad and Tobago is Christine Kangaloo. History On 12 December 1969, at a sitting of the House of Representatives, the prime minister moved a motion on constitutional re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamla Persad-Bissessar
Kamla Susheila Persad-Bissessar Senior Counsel, SC Member of parliament, MP (, born 22 April 1952), often referred to by her initials KPB is a Trinidadian lawyer, politician and educator who has twice served as the sixth List of prime ministers of Trinidad and Tobago, prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, from 2010 to 2015 and again since May 2025. She has also been the United National Congress#List of political leaders, Political Leader of the United National Congress since 2010, and was the Leader of the Opposition (Trinidad and Tobago), Leader of the Opposition for three times from 2006 to 2007, January to May 2010, and again from 2015 to 2025. Persad-Bissessar is the second prime minister to have served non-consecutive terms, after Patrick Manning. Persad-Bissessar was the country's first female prime minister, Attorney-General of Trinidad and Tobago, attorney general, and opposition leader, the first woman to Commonwealth Chair-in-Office, chair the Commonwealth of Nations a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaguanas
The Borough of Chaguanas is the largest municipality (83,489 at the 2011 census) and fastest-growing – Afra Raymond, 29 July 2004. – ''Trinidad Guardian'', 1 October 1998 town in Trinidad and Tobago. Located in west-central Trinidad, south of Port of Spain, north of Couva and San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, San Fernando, and named after the indigenous tribe who originally settled there, it grew in size due to its proximity to the Woodford Lodge sugar refinery. It remained a minor town until the 1980s when it began to grow rapidly as it drew people for its bargain shopping and moderately priced housing. Its rapid growth has seen property values increase dramatically, however. Chag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine Kangaloo
Christine Carla Kangaloo (born 1 December 1961) is a Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidadian politician and lawyer, who has been the 7th president of Trinidad and Tobago since 2023. Biography Christine Kangaloo was born into a Presbyterian Church of Trinidad and Tobago, Presbyterian Indo-Trinidadian family to Carlyle and Barbara Kangaloo and she is the fifth of their seven children. In 2018, she and her husband converted to Roman Catholicism. She graduated from the University of the West Indies and Hugh Wooding Law School and with a degree in law. Political Career On 12 January 2001, she first became a member of parliament as an opposition senator under the tenure of Opposition Leader of Trinidad and Tobago, Opposition Leader Patrick Manning. She then served as President of the Senate of Trinidad and Tobago, Vice President of the Senate of Trinidad and Tobago, Senate and subsequently Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister in 2002. She was then appointed Minister of Legal Affair ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trinidadians
Trinidadians and Tobagonians, colloquially known as Trinis or Trinbagonians, are the people who are identified with the country of Trinidad and Tobago. The population of Trinidad is notably diverse, with approximately 35% Indo-Trinidadian, 34% Afro-Trinidadian, and close to 30% Mixed (Particularly Dougla). The country is home to people of many different national, ethnic and religious origins. As a result, Trinidadians do not equate their nationality with race and ethnicity, but with citizenship, identification with the islands as whole, or either Trinidad or Tobago specifically. Although citizens make up the majority of Trinidadians, there is a substantial number of Trinidadian expatriates, dual citizens and descendants living worldwide, chiefly elsewhere in the Anglosphere. Population The total population of Trinidad and Tobago was 1,328,019 according to the 2011 census, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Minister Of Trinidad And Tobago
The prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago is the head of the executive branch of government in Trinidad and Tobago. Following a general election, which takes place every five years, the president appoints as prime minister the person who has the support of a majority in the House of Representatives; this has generally been the leader of the party which won the most seats in the election (except in the case of the 2001 general election). The incumbent prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago is Kamla Persad-Bissessar who was sworn in on 1 May 2025 by President Christine Kangaloo. This is a list of the prime ministers of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, from the establishment of the office of Chief Minister in 1950 to the present day: List of officeholders Chief minister (1950–1959) Premier (1959–1962) Prime minister (1962–present) Graphical timeline See also * Politics of Trinidad and Tobago * List of governors of Trinidad and Tobago * President of Trinida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trinidad And Tobago Dollar
The Trinidad and Tobago dollar ( currency code TTD) is the currency of Trinidad and Tobago. It is normally abbreviated with the dollar sign $, or alternatively TT$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies. It is subdivided into 100 cents. Cents are abbreviated with the cent sign ¢, or TT¢ to distinguish from other currencies that use cents. Its predecessor currencies are the Trinidadian dollar and the Tobagonian dollar. History The history of currency in the former British colony of Trinidad and Tobago closely follows that of the British Eastern Caribbean territories in general. The first currency used was the Spanish dollar, also known as "pieces of eight", which began circulating in the 16th century. Proposals for establishing banks in the West Indies, targeted at landowners, were made in 1661 by the British government, and in 1690 by Sir Thomas Dalby. Despite this, and Queen Anne's proclamation of 1704 that brought the pound sterling currency sys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Trinidadians And Tobagonians
Chinese Trinidadians and Tobagonians (sometimes Sino-Trinidadians and Tobagonians or Chinese Trinbagonians) are Trinidadians and Tobagonians of Han Chinese ancestry. The group includes people from mainland China, Hong Kong, and Overseas Chinese who have immigrated to Trinidad and Tobago and their descendants, including those who have emigrated to other countries. The term is usually applied both to people of mixed and unmixed Chinese ancestry, although the former usually appear as mixed race in census figures. Chinese settlement began in 1806. Between 1853 and 1866 2,645 Chinese immigrants arrived in Trinidad as indentured labour for the sugar and cacao plantations. Immigration peaked in the first half of the twentieth century, but was dramatically lowered after the Chinese Communist Revolution in 1949. After peaking at 8,361 in 1960, the unmixed Chinese population in Trinidad declined to 3,800 in 2000, however slightly increased to 3,984 in 2011. Community The Chinese Trinida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caribbean
The Caribbean ( , ; ; ; ) is a region in the middle of the Americas centered around the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, mostly overlapping with the West Indies. Bordered by North America to the north, Central America to the west, and South America to the south, it comprises numerous List of Caribbean islands, islands, cays, islets, reefs, and banks. It includes the Lucayan Archipelago, Greater Antilles, and Lesser Antilles of the West Indies; the Quintana Roo Municipalities of Quintana Roo#Municipalities, islands and Districts of Belize#List, Belizean List of islands of Belize, islands of the Yucatán Peninsula; and the Bay Islands Department#Islands, Bay Islands, Miskito Cays, Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina, Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia, and Santa Catalina, Corn Islands, and San Blas Islands of Central America. It also includes the coastal areas on the Mainland, continental mainland of the Americas bordering the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Trinidadians And Tobagonians
White Trinidadians and Tobagonians (sometimes referred as Euro-Trinidadians and Tobagonians or local-whites) are Trinidadians and Tobagonians of European descent. However, while the term "White Trinidadian and Tobagonian" is used to refer collectively to all Caucasians who are Trinidadian and Tobagonian, whether by birth or naturalization, the term "local-white" is used to refer more specifically to Trinidad and Tobago-born Caucasians and, in particular, those who trace their roots back to Trinidad and Tobago's early settlers. White Trinidadians and Tobagonians account for less than 1 percent of the population of Trinidad and Tobago. However, the classification is primarily a superficial description based on phenotypic description, as opposed to genotypical classification. Most white Trinidadians and Tobagonians are of Portuguese stock. European Trinidadians are often referred to as French Creoles, even if are they are of non-French ancestry such as Spanish, British, Portugues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
