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Trinidad and Tobago
(/ˈ trɪnɪˌ dæd ... təˈ beɪɡoʊ/ (listen),
/toʊ-/),[1 5]
officially the Republic of Trinidad and
Tobago, is a twin island sovereign
state that is the southernmost nation in
the Caribbean. It is situated 1 30
kilometres
(81
miles)
south
of Grenada off the northern edge of
the South American mainland, 11
kilometres (6.8 miles) off the coast of
northeastern Venezuela. It shares
maritime boundaries with Barbados to
the northeast, Grenada to the
northwest, Guyana to the southeast, and
Venezuela to the south and west.[1 6][1 7]
The island of Trinidad was a Spanish
colonyfrom the arrival of Christopher
Columbus in 1 498 until Spanish governor
Don José María Chacón surrendered the
island to a British fleet under the command
of Sir Ralph Abercromby in 1 797.[1 8] During
the same period, the island of
Tobago
changed
hands
among Spanish, British, French, Dutch and
Courlandercolonizers more times than any