Location:
Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela

Geographic coordinates:
11 00 N, 61 00 W

Map references:
Central America and the Caribbean

Area:
total: 5,128 sq km
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land: 5,128 sq km
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water: 0 sq km
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country comparison to the world: 174

Area - comparative:
slightly smaller than Delaware

Land boundaries:
0 km

Coastline:
362 km
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Maritime claims:
measured from claimed archipelagic baselines
territorial sea: 12 nm
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contiguous zone: 24 nm
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exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
[see also: Maritime claims - exclusive economic zone country ranks ]
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the outer edge of the continental margin
[see also: Maritime claims - continental shelf country ranks ]

Climate:
tropical; rainy season (June to December)
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Terrain:
mostly plains with some hills and low mountains

Elevation:
mean elevation: 83 m
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elevation extremes: lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point: El Cerro del Aripo 940 m

Natural resources:
petroleum, natural gas, asphalt

Land use:
agricultural land: 10.6% arable land 4.9%; permanent crops 4.3%; permanent pasture 1.4%
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forest: 44%
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other: 45.4% (2011 est.)
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Irrigated land:
70 sq km (2012)
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Population - distribution:
population on Trinidad concentrated in the western half of the island; on Tobago in the southern half

Natural hazards:
outside usual path of hurricanes and other tropical storms

Environment - current issues:
water pollution from agricultural chemicals, industrial wastes, and raw sewage; oil pollution of beaches; deforestation; soil erosion

Environment - international agreements:
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

Geography - note:
Pitch Lake, on Trinidad's southwestern coast, is the world's largest natural reservoir of asphalt