Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Port-of-Spain, population 50,878 (
1990), is the capital of
Trinidad and Tobago. The city is located on the Gulf of Paria. It is one of the major shipping hubs of the
Caribbean, with exports of agricultural products and
asphalt.
Bauxite from the Guianas and
iron ore from
Venezuela are transferred there for overseas shipment.
From 1958 to 1962, Port-of-Spain was the capital of the Federation of the West Indies.