๐น๐น Port of Spain, officially the City of Port of Spain, is the capital city of Trinidad and Tobago. It is located on the Gulf of Paria, on the north-west coast of the island of Trinidad and is part of a larger conurbation stretching from Chaguaramas in the west to Arima in the east.
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 and is home to two of the largest banks in the region.
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 km (5ย mi) west of the city. The pre-lenten Carnival is the city's main annual cultural festival and tourist attraction.
Today, Port of Spain is a leading city in the Caribbean region. 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 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.
1Port of Spain is rated High Sufficiency by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) which evaluates and ranks the relationships between world cities in the context of globalisation. High Sufficiency level cities are cities that have a sufficient degree of services so as not to be overly dependent on world cities.
Port of Spain is the #100 city in the world according to the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI) which evaluates and ranks the competitiveness of the major financial centres of the world according to a wide range of criteria โ Human Capital, Business, Finance, Infrastructure and Reputation.
Port of Spain has a population of over 37,070 people. Port of Spain also forms the centre of the wider Port of Spain metropolitan area which has a population of over 544,000 people.
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Port of Spain is a member of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network for Music see: https://en.unesco.org/creative-cities
Twin Towns, Sister Cities Port of Spain has links with:
๐บ๐ธ Alpharetta, USA ๐บ๐ธ Atlanta, USA ๐บ๐ธ Compton, USA ๐ฌ๐พ Georgetown, Guyana ๐ณ๐ฌ Lagos, Nigeria ๐ฌ๐ต Morne-ร -l'Eau, Guadeloupe ๐บ๐ธ Richmond, USA ๐ซ๐ท Rivesaltes, France ๐จ๐ฆ St. Catharines, Canada ๐ฐ๐ท Yeosu, South KoreaUNESCO Creative Cities for Music include: ๐ฆ๐บ Adelaide ๐ฐ๐ฟ Almaty ๐ต๐น Amarante ๐ฎ๐ฉ Ambon ๐ณ๐ฟ Auckland ๐ง๐ฆ Banja Luka ๐ฎ๐ณ Benares ๐ฌ๐ผ Bissau ๐จ๐ด Bogotรก ๐ฎ๐น Bologna ๐ฎ๐น Bolzano ๐จ๐ฌ Brazzaville ๐จ๐ฟ Brno ๐ต๐ฑ Bydgoszcz ๐ป๐ช Caracas ๐ฎ๐ณ Chennai ๐ป๐ณ Da Lat ๐ฒ๐ฆ Essaouira ๐จ๐ฑ Frutillar ๐ง๐ช Ghent ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Glasgow ๐ฎ๐ณ Gwalior ๐ฏ๐ต Hamamatsu ๐ฉ๐ช Hannover ๐จ๐บ Havana ๐ต๐น Idanha-a-Nova ๐ฒ๐พ Ipoh ๐บ๐ธ Kansas City ๐ต๐ฑ Katowice ๐ท๐บ Kazan ๐ฏ๐ฒ Kingston ๐น๐ท Kฤฑrลehir ๐ต๐น Leiria ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Liverpool ๐ช๐ธ Lliria ๐ฉ๐ช Mannheim ๐ซ๐ท Metz ๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexicali ๐จ๐ญ Montreux ๐ฒ๐ฝ Morelia ๐ธ๐ช Norrkรถping ๐ฎ๐น Pesaro ๐น๐น Port of Spain ๐จ๐ป Praia ๐ต๐ธ Ramallah ๐ง๐ท Salvador ๐ฎ๐ท Sanandaj ๐น๐ท ลanlฤฑurfa ๐ฉ๐ด Santo Domingo ๐ช๐ธ Seville ๐น๐ญ Suphan Buri ๐ฐ๐ท Tongyeong ๐ซ๐ท Toulouse ๐จ๐ด Valledupar ๐จ๐ฑ Valparaรญso ๐ฎ๐ณ Varanasi ๐ญ๐ท Varaลพdin ๐ท๐บ Veliky Novgorod ๐ญ๐บ Veszprรฉm ๐ท๐ธ Vranje
๐ต๐ญ Bacolod City 10.677
๐ช๐น Finote Selam 10.701
๐ป๐ณ Chรขu ฤแปc 10.707
๐น๐น Diego Martin 10.717
๐ต๐ญ San Francisco 10.65
๐ป๐ช Catia La Mar 10.6
๐น๐น San Fernando -61.455
๐ฆ๐ท Caรฑada de Gรณmez -61.4
๐ฌ๐ต Les Abymes -61.52
๐ซ๐ท Pointe-ร -Pitre -61.533
๐ฌ๐ต Pointe-ร -Pitre -61.533
๐ฌ๐ต Point-ร -Pitre -61.533
๐น๐น Diego Martin -61.567
๐ฌ๐ต Basse-Terre -61.728
๐ฌ๐ฉ St. George's -61.75
๐ฌ๐ฉ St George's -61.75
๐ฌ๐ฉ St. Georgeโs -61.752
Locations Near: Port of Spain -61.5109,10.6539
๐น๐น San Juan -61.45,10.65 d: 6.7
๐น๐น Diego Martin -61.567,10.717 d: 9.3
๐น๐น Tunapuna -61.383,10.633 d: 14.1
๐น๐น Chaguanas -61.4,10.517 d: 19.5
๐น๐น Couva -61.45,10.417 d: 27.2
๐น๐น San Fernando -61.455,10.28 d: 42
๐น๐น Sangre Grande -61.133,10.567 d: 42.4
๐น๐น Princes Town -61.383,10.267 d: 45.3
๐น๐น Penal -61.467,10.167 d: 54.4
๐ฌ๐ฉ St. George's -61.75,12.05 d: 157.4
Antipodal to: Port of Spain 118.489,-10.654
๐ฎ๐ฉ Sumbawa 118.083,-8.783 d: 19802.4
๐ฎ๐ฉ Bima 118.717,-8.45 d: 19768.8
๐ฎ๐ฉ Sumbawa Besar 117.417,-8.5 d: 19748.3
๐ฎ๐ฉ Taliwang 116.867,-8.733 d: 19737.2
๐ฎ๐ฉ Selong 116.533,-8.65 d: 19705.9
๐ฎ๐ฉ Gerung 116.117,-8.717 d: 19677.5
๐ฎ๐ฉ Mataram 116.117,-8.583 d: 19667.8
๐ฎ๐ฉ Tanjung 116.15,-8.35 d: 19652.6
๐ฎ๐ฉ Karangasem 115.6,-8.433 d: 19613.4