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 Capital: port-of-spain
 Country name
: conventional long form: republic of trinidad and tobago conventional short form: trinidad and tobago
 National holiday: independence day. 31 august (1962)

Government type
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parliamentary democracy
 Administrative divisions: 9 regional corporations. 2 city corporations. 3 borough corporations. and 1 ward : regional corporations: couva/tabaquite/talparo. diego martin. mayaro/rio claro. penal/debe. princes town. sangre grande. san juan/laventille. siparia. tunapuna/piarco : city corporations: port-of-spain. san fernando; : borough corporations: arima. point fortin. chaguanas : ward: tobago |
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Independence:
31 august 1962 (from uk)

Political parties and leaders: national alliance for reconstruction or nar [lennox sankersingh]; people's national movement or pnm [patrick manning]; team unity or tu [ramesh maharaj]; united national congress or unc [basdeo panday]; democratic action committee or dac [hochoy charles]. note - only active in tobago
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Political pressure groups and leaders:
jamaat-al muslimeen [yasin bakr]
 International organization participation
: acp. c. caricom. cdb. fao. g-24. g-77. iadb. ibrd. icao. icct. icftu. icrm. ida. ifad. ifc. ifrcs. iho. ilo. imf. imo. interpol. ioc. iso. itu. laes. miga. nam. oas. opanal. opcw. un. unctad. unesco. unido. upu. wcl. wco. wftu. who. wipo. wmo. wto
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