Countries

Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago is a twin-island nation at the southern end of the Caribbean, just off the coast of Venezuela. Independent from Britain since 1962, it grew rich on oil and natural gas and gave the world the steelpan and calypso.

Forested hills enclosing the deep blue curve of Maracas Bay on Trinidad's north coast

Maracas Bay, Trinidad

Photo: Grueslayer, CC BY-SA 4.0

Red for the warmth of the people and the sun, black for their strength and the wealth of the land, white for the sea that surrounds the islands. Adopted in 1962.

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