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Trinidad


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Overview

Trinidad is the largest and most populous of the two major islands and numerous landforms which make up the country of Trinidad and Tobago. Trinidad is the southernmost island in the Caribbean and lies just 7 miles off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. Trinidad has an area of 1,864 sq. mi., the sixth largest in the West Indies. Trinidad is also an industrial island with a diversified economy, based to a large extent on oil and natural gas, industry and agriculture.

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Natural scenery includes: a variety of beaches and rivers, swamps, areas of seasonal tropical forests and the hills of the Northern Range. Trinidad is also home to such animals as the leopard-like ocelot, the manatee, the caiman and the Scarlet Ibis, which is the national bird of Trinidad and Tobago and is featured on the coat of arms along with the Rufous-vented Chachalaca or 'Cocrico'. The Scarlet Ibis represents Trinidad and the Cocrico represents Tobago. The island's beaches are also home to large numbers of nesting endangered leatherback sea turtles.

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