On Trinidad & Tobago

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

Official Name: Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Capital: Port-of-Spain
Type of Government: Parliamentary Democracy
Head of State: President George Maxwell RICHARDS
Head of Government: Prime Minister Patrick MANNING
Foreign Minister: Paula Gopee-SCOON
Population: 1,047,366 (July 2008 estimate)
Land Area: 5,128 sq. km
Gross Domestic Product (GDP):
Purchasing power parity (PPP): $23.79 billion (2007 Estimate)
Per capita PPP: $18,300 (2007 Estimate)
Government Website: www.gov.tt
Ambassador to the U.S.: Glenda MOREAN-PHILLIP
Washington Embassy Address:
1708 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036
Deputy Chief of Mission (in Washington): Paul BYAM
Washington Embassy Website: www.ttembassy.org
U.S. Ambassador to Trinidad & Tobago: Roy L. AUSTIN
U.S. Embassy website in Trinidad & Tobago: trinidad.usembassy.gov

Source: CIA World Factbook.