Trinidad
Trinidad is the larger of the two islands that make up the Caribbean island nation of Trinidad and Tobago.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Port of Spain and Chaguanas.
Port of Spain
Port of Spain, on the northwest coast of Trinidad island, is the capital city of Trinidad and Tobago. The city is famous for its carnival, second only to that of Rio in importance but preferred by many because of its perceptions of being safer.
Chaguanas
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Chaguanas is a city in central Trinidad, split almost halfway between the country's two other major cities Port of Spain and San Fernando. Chaguanas is a drawcard for Indo-Trinidadian culture, with the city sparking into life during various festivals throughout the year.
San Fernando
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San Fernando is Trinidad's busy second city. It is built on hills including the most famous in Trinidad -- San Fernando Hill. San Fernando is very much a carnival city, experiencing a full build-up to its own wide assortment of competitions in Skinner Park as well as energetic parades.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Arima and Point Fortin.
Arima
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Arima is one of 3 Boroughs in Trinidad. Its name is derived from the Arawak language, and it means "water".
Point Fortin
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Point Fortin is the main town in the lightly populated deep south peninsula of Trinidad. It is not far from the city of San Fernando, it is the gateway to the rich treasure of coastline on both the Gulf of Paria and the Atlantic.
Couva
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Couva is an urban town in west-central Trinidad, south of Port of Spain and Chaguanas and north of San Fernando and Point Fortin. It is the main urban and commercial centre of Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo, and the Greater Couva area includes the Point Lisas Industrial Estate and the Port of Point Lisas.
Chaguaramas
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Chaguaramas (, lies in the Northwest Peninsula of Trinidad west of Port of Spain; the name is often applied to the entire peninsula, but is sometimes used to refer to its most developed area.
Matura National Park
Matura National Park is an environmentally sensitive area in Trinidad, in the Caribbean country of Trinidad and Tobago.
Trinidad
- Type: Island with 1,270,000 residents
- Description: larger of the two major islands which make up Trinidad and Tobago
- Also known as: “La Trinite” and “Trinidad Island”
- Location: Trinidad and Tobago, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Trinidad” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ترينداد”
- Arabic: “ترينيداد”
- Armenian: “Տրինիդադ (կղզի)”
- Armenian: “Տրինիդադ”
- Azerbaijani: “Trinidad”
- Basque: “Trinidad”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Трынідад”
- Belarusian: “Трынідад”
- Bengali: “ত্রিনিদাদ”
- Breton: “Enez Trinidad”
- Bulgarian: “Тринидад”
- Burmese: “ထရင်းနီးဒက်ကျွန်း”
- Burmese: “ထရီနီဒတ်ကျွန်း”
- Catalan: “illa de Trinidad”
- Catalan: “Illa de Trinidad”
- Catalan: “Illa de Trinitat”
- Cebuano: “Trinidad (pulo sa Trinidad ug Tobago)”
- Cebuano: “Trinidad”
- Chinese: “千里達島”
- Chinese: “特立尼达岛”
- Chinese: “特立尼達島”
- Corsican: “Trinidad”
- Croatian: “Trinidad”
- Czech: “Trinidad”
- Danish: “Trinidad”
- Dutch: “Trinidad”
- Eastern Mari: “Тринидад”
- Esperanto: “Trinidado”
- Estonian: “Trinidad”
- Finnish: “Trinidad”
- French: “Île de la Trinité”
- French: “Île de Trinidad”
- French: “Trinite”
- French: “Trinité”
- Galician: “Illa Trinidad”
- Georgian: “ტრინიდადი”
- German: “Trinidad”
- Greek: “Τρινιντάντ”
- Hausa: “Trinidad”
- Hebrew: “טרינידד”
- Hindi: “ट्रिनिडाड”
- Hindi: “त्रिनिदाद”
- Hungarian: “Trinidad”
- Icelandic: “Trínidad”
- Iloko: “Trinidad”
- Inari Sami: “Trinidad”
- Indonesian: “Trinidad”
- Irish: “Oileán na Tríonóide”
- Italian: “Trinidad”
- Italian: “Trinità”
- Japanese: “トリニダード島”
- Kalo Finnish Romani: “Trinidad”
- Kildin Sami: “Тринидад”
- Korean: “트리니다드 섬”
- Korean: “트리니다드섬”
- Kurdish: “Trinidad”
- Kurdish: “Trînîdad”
- Kurdish: “ترنداد”
- Latin: “Insula Trinitatis”
- Latvian: “Trinidada”
- Latvian: “Trinidāda”
- Lingua Franca Nova: “Trinidad”
- Lithuanian: “Trinidadas”
- Lule Sami: “Trinidad”
- Luxembourgish: “Trinidad an Tobago”
- Macedonian: “Тринидад”
- Malayalam: “ട്രിനിഡാഡ്”
- Marathi: “त्रिनिदाद”
- Northern Frisian: “Trinidad”
- Northern Sami: “Trinidad”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Trinidad”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Øya Trinidad”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Trinidad”
- Norwegian: “Trinidad”
- Ossetian: “Тринидад”
- Pali: “ट्रिनिडाड”
- Papiamento: “Trinidad”
- Persian: “ترينيداد”
- Persian: “ترینیداد”
- Pite Sami: “Trinidad”
- Polish: “Trynidad”
- Portuguese: “Trindade”
- Portuguese: “Trinidad”
- Russian: “Остров Тринидад”
- Russian: “Тринидад”
- Sanskrit: “ट्रिनिडाड”
- Sardinian: “Trinidad”
- Sardinian: “Trinidade”
- Scots: “Trinidad”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Trianaid”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Trinidad”
- Serbian: “Тринидад”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Trinidad”
- Sicilian: “Trinidad”
- Skolt Sami: “Trinidad”
- Slovak: “Trinidad”
- Slovenian: “Trinidad”
- Southern Sami: “Trinidad”
- Spanish: “Isla de la Trinidad”
- Spanish: “Isla de Trinidad”
- Spanish: “Isla Trinidad”
- Spanish: “Trinidad”
- Swahili: “Trinidad (kisiwa)”
- Swahili: “Trinidad”
- Swedish: “Trinidad, Trinidad och Tobago”
- Swedish: “Trinidad”
- Tagalog: “Trinidad”
- Tamil: “டிரினிடாட்”
- Tamil: “ட்ரினிடாட்”
- Thai: “ตรินิแดด”
- Tornedalen Finnish: “Trinidad”
- Turkish: “Trinidad”
- Ukrainian: “Тринідад”
- Ume Sami: “Trinidad”
- Urdu: “ٹرینیڈاڈ”
- Uzbek: “Trinidad”
- Vietnamese: “Trinidad”
- Vlaams: “Trinidad”
- Volapük: “Trinidad”
- Waray (Philippines): “Trinidad”
- Welsh: “Trinidad”
- Western Panjabi: “ٹرینیڈاڈ”
- Wu Chinese: “特立尼达岛”
- Yoruba: “Trinidad”
- Yoruba: “Trínídád”
- Yue Chinese: “千里達島”
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