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TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO The Capital of Trinidad Port of Spain City Tour

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TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

The Capital of Trinidad Port of Spain

City Tour

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Port of Spain , Trinidad Port of Spain, also written as Port-of-Spain and

known in Spanish as "Puerto España", is the capital city of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and the country's third-largest municipality, after Chaguanas and San Fernando. The city has a municipal population of 37,074 (2011 census),[1] a metropolitan population of 128,026 (1990 unofficial estimate)[2] and a transient daily population of 250,000.[3] It is located on the Gulf of Paria, on the northwest coast of the island of Trinidad and is part of a larger conurbation stretching from Chaguaramas in the west to Arima in the east with an estimated population of 600,000.[4]

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Port of Spain Trinidad The city serves primarily as a retail and

administrative centre and it has been the capital of the island since 1757. It is also an important financial services centre for the Caribbean[5] and is home to two of the largest banks in the region.

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Port of Spain Trinidad , Night

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Port of Spain , Trinidad Port of Spain is the second largest capital city

in the English-speaking Caribbean and is one of the largest cities in the Caribbean. It is also the largest capital city in the Lesser Antilles and southern Caribbean and is the most southern capital city in the Caribbean. Port of Spain was also the capital of the short-lived West Indies Federation, which united the Caribbean. Caricom was established in Chaguaramas, west of Port of Spain.

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Port of Spain, Trinidad The city is also home to the largest

container port on the island and is one of several shipping hubs of the Caribbean, exporting both agricultural products and manufactured goods. Bauxite from Guyana is trans-shipped via facilities at Chaguaramas, about 8 kilometres (5 mi) west of the city. The pre-lenten Carnival is the city's main annual cultural festival and tourist attraction

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Port of Spain, Trinidad Today, Port of Spain is a leading city in the Caribbean region.

Trinidad hosted the Fifth Summit of the Americas in 2009 whose guests included US President Barack Obama and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.[6] The website for the secretariat for the fifth summit of the Americas].

Port of Spain is also home to the biggest and most successful stock exchange in the Caribbean, the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange (TTSE). The iconic Nicholas Tower, as well as other skyscrapers, are well known throughout the region. These buildings dominate the city's skyline. Some of the tallest skyscrapers in the Caribbean are located in Port of Spain.

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Students , Port of Spain Tour

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Port of Spain City tour

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Woodford Square

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The Magnificent Seven

Some of the most imposing examples of European architecture in Trinidad and Tobago and indeed the Caribbean can be seen around the Queen's Park Savannah. The Magnificent Seven is a group of mansions located at the northwest corner of Queen's Park Savannah on Maraval Road. From north to south, the mansions are: Killarney, Whitehall, Archbishop's House, Roomor, Mille Fleurs, Hayes Court, and Queen's Royal College.

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The Magnificent Seven ,QRCQueen’s royal Collage

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The Magnificent Seven

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The Magnificent Seven video 1

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Video 2 /Tour

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Video 3

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Trinidad and Tobago Secondary School National 5k (Running event )

St. Joseph Secondary School placed 7th with 89 Students running from various school all Trinidad and Tobago

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Trinidad and Tobago Magnificent seven

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Video presentation of Students