Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago


๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น 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.

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 
<b>Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago</b>
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Port 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.

To set up a UBI Lab for Port of Spain see: https://www.ubilabnetwork.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/UBILabNetwork

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:

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Alpharetta, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Atlanta, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Compton, USA ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พ Georgetown, Guyana ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Lagos, Nigeria ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ต Morne-ร -l'Eau, Guadeloupe ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Richmond, USA ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Rivesaltes, France ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ St. Catharines, Canada ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Yeosu, South Korea
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UNESCO Creative Cities for Music include: ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Adelaide ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Almaty ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Amarante ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Ambon ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Auckland ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Banja Luka ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Benares ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผ Bissau ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Bogotรก ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Bologna ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Bolzano ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Brazzaville ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Brno ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Bydgoszcz ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช Caracas ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Chennai ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Da Lat ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Essaouira ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Frutillar ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Ghent ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Glasgow ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Gwalior ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Hamamatsu ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Hannover ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ Havana ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Idanha-a-Nova ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Ipoh ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Kansas City ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Katowice ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Kazan ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Kingston ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท KฤฑrลŸehir ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Leiria ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Liverpool ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Lliria ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Mannheim ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Metz ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexicali ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Montreux ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Morelia ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Norrkรถping ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Pesaro ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น Port of Spain ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ป Praia ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ Ramallah ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Salvador ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Sanandaj ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท ลžanlฤฑurfa ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ด Santo Domingo ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Seville ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Suphan Buri ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Tongyeong ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Toulouse ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Valledupar ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Valparaรญso ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Varanasi ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Varaลพdin ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Veliky Novgorod ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Veszprรฉm ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Vranje

Antipodal to Port of Spain is: 118.489,-10.654

Locations Near: Port of Spain -61.5109,10.6539

๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น San Juan -61.45,10.65 d: 6.7  

๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น Diego Martin -61.567,10.717 d: 9.3  

๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น Tunapuna -61.383,10.633 d: 14.1  

๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น Chaguanas -61.4,10.517 d: 19.5  

๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น Couva -61.45,10.417 d: 27.2  

๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น San Fernando -61.455,10.28 d: 42  

๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น Sangre Grande -61.133,10.567 d: 42.4  

๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น Princes Town -61.383,10.267 d: 45.3  

๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น Penal -61.467,10.167 d: 54.4  

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉ St. George's -61.75,12.05 d: 157.4  

Antipodal to: Port of Spain 118.489,-10.654

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Sumbawa 118.083,-8.783 d: 19802.4  

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bima 118.717,-8.45 d: 19768.8  

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Sumbawa Besar 117.417,-8.5 d: 19748.3  

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Taliwang 116.867,-8.733 d: 19737.2  

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Selong 116.533,-8.65 d: 19705.9  

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Gerung 116.117,-8.717 d: 19677.5  

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Mataram 116.117,-8.583 d: 19667.8  

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Tanjung 116.15,-8.35 d: 19652.6  

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Karangasem 115.6,-8.433 d: 19613.4  

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Amlapura 115.6,-8.433 d: 19613.4  

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