OFFICAL NAME	Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
	AREA	5,128 sq. km (Trinidad 4,828 sq. km - Tobago 300 sq. km)
	HEAD OF STATE	President George Maxwell Richards
	HEAD OF GOVERNMENT	Prime Minister Patrick Manning
	RULING PARTY	Peoples National Movement
	CAPITAL CITY	Port Of Spain
	POPULATION	1,278,000 (1993)
	OFFICAL LANGUAGE	English
	CURRENCY	Trinidad and Tobago Dollar (TT$)
	CLIMATE	The islands are warm all year round, with a mean air temperature ranging between 32 degrees Celsius (90 degrees Fahrenheit) at the maximum and 23 degrees Celsius (73 degrees Fahrenheit) at the minimum. There are only two seasons, a "dry that lasts from about January to May and a "wet that lasts from June to December. The annual rainfall is approximately 2,000 mm and the average number of hours of daylight is approximately 11 hours per day.
	EXCHANGE RATE	A floating rate system is in force approximately TT$6.30 = US$1.00
	TIME	Summer: EST, GMT -5 : Winter: EST+1, GMT-4
	ETHNIC PROFILE	40.8% African descent 40.7% East Indian descent 16.3% Mixed descent 1% European descent 1% Chinese descent 0.2% Other
	PHONE/FAX CODE	1 (868) + seven (7) digit local number