Capital: Port of Spain

Motto: Together We Aspire, Together We Achieve

Government: Parliamentary Democracy

Head of State: The Hon. Maxwell Richards (2003 TO PRESENT)

Head of Government: Prime Minister Patrick Manning (2001 TO PRESENT)

Weather: Warm year round; temperature ranges from 73° - 90° F

National bird: Scarlet Ibis

National instrument: Steel pan

Population (2005 est.): 1,088,644 (growth rate: –0.7%); birth rate: 12.8/1000; infant mortality rate: 24.3/1000; life expectancy: 68.9.

Monetary unit: Trinidad and Tobago dollar

Languages: English (official), Hindi, French, Spanish, Chinese

Ethnicity/race:East Indian (a local term—primarily immigrants from northern India) 40.3%, black 39.5%, mixed 18.4%, white 0.6%, Chinese and other 1.2%

Religions:Roman Catholic 29.4%, Hindu 23.8%, Anglican 10.9%, Islam 5.8%, Presbyterian 3.4%, other 26.7%