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 Latin America and the Caribbean -Contacts-

 Trinidad and Tobago

Basic Data*

Area: 5,128 km²
Capital: Port of Spain
Language(s): English (official), Hindi, French, Spanish
Total population: 1.3 (millions 2004)
Urban population:
11.9 (% of total)
Total estimated population 2015:
1.3 (millions)
Currency: Trinidad and Tobago Dollar
GDP Per Capita: 12.182 (US$, 2004)
Grow Rate of Population: 1.3 (%/annum, 2004-2015)
Religion(s): Roman Catholic (33 %), Hindu (25 %), Anglican (15 %), other Christian (14 %), Muslim (6 %)
Population with sustainable access to an improved water source: 91 (%, annum 2004)
Population with sustainable access to improved sanitation: 100 (%, annum 2004)
Borders: Islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela
Record of disasters:
http://www.em-dat.net/disasters/Visualisation/profiles/natural-table-emdat.php?country=Trinidad+%26+Tobago
Technological disasters:
http://www.em-dat.net/disasters/Visualisation/profiles/tech-table-emdat.php?country=Trinidad+%26+Tobago

 

National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)
17-19 Abercromby St
NBS Radio 610 Building (Ground Floor)
Port-of-Spain
Tel: (1-868) 623-2078 / 1943
Fax: (1-868) 625-8926
E-mail: info@nema.gov.tt
Web Site: http://www.nema.gov.tt/


Association of Caribbean States
Special Committee On Natural Disasters
11-13 Victoria Avenue Port Of Spain, TRINIDAD, West Indies
Tel: (1-868) 623 2783
Fax: (1-868) 623 2679
E-mail: mfestrada@acs-aec.org
Web Site: http://www.acs-aec.org


International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Port-of-Spain Sub-Regional Office

5th Floor,
Victoria Park Suites,
14-17 Park Street,
Port-of-Spain,
Trinidad and Tobago.
Tel: (868) 627-2665 / 624-1557
Fax: (868) 627-9627
E-mail: ifrctt01@ifrc.org

Trinidad & Tobago Red Cross
7a Fitzblackman Drive
Wrightson Road Extension
Apdo. 357 Port-of-Spain, Trinidad
Tel: (1-868) 627-8215 / 627 8128
Fax: (1-868) 627-8215
E-mail: ttrcs@carib-link.net


United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
Office for Aruba, Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles
19 Keate Street
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Tel: (1-868) 623-7056
Fax: (1-868) 623-1658
E-mail: registry@undp.org.tt
Web Site: http://www.undp.org.tt/


Ministry of Health
10-12 Independence Square, Port of Spain
Tel: (868) 625-0110
Fax: (868) 623-9528
E-mail: rdoon@tstt.net.tt
Web Site: http://www.healthsectorreform.gov.tt/index.htm

Ministry of Public Utilities. Meteorological Service Division
Piarco International Airport, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Tel: (809) 664-5465, 664-3964
Fax: (809) 664-4009, 664-4727


Caribbean Meteorological Organization

P.O. Box 461, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Tel: (809) 624-4481, 623-3634
Fax: (809) 424-4733


Water Resources Agency

P.O. Box 145, Wrightson Road
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad
Trinidad and Tobago
Tel: (809) 627-8277, 623-5844
Fax: (809) 627-8379

 

 
* Source: Statistics and indicators are provided by the International Center for Scientific Research (CIRS); the United Nations Statistics Division from the World Statistics Pocketbook, Statistical Yearbook and Report, except capital cities, languages and illiteracy rate; the Human Development Report 2006; and the Data Base of Stadistics and Social Indicators (BADEINSO) of ECLAC.

Regional Disaster Information Center
Tel: (506) 296.3952 | Fax: (506) 2231.5973
Pavas, San José, Costa Rica,
P.O. Box 1122-1200 San José, Costa Rica – 101092
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