997)

Internet country code:
.tt

Internet hosts:
30,732 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
17 (2000)

Internet users:
160,000 (2005)

Transportation Trinidad and Tobago

Airports:
6 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 3
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2006)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 2 (2006)

Pipelines:
condensate 253 km; gas 1,278 km; oil 571 km (2006)

Roadways:
total: 8,320 km
paved: 4,252 km
unpaved: 4,068 km (1999)

Merchant marine:
total: 8 ships (1000 GRT or over) 16,760 GRT/7,941 DWT
by type: liquefied gas 1, passenger 2, passenger/cargo 3, petroleum
tanker 2
foreign-owned: 1 (US 1)
registered in other countries: 1 (Panama 1) (2006)

Ports and terminals:
Pointe-a-Pierre, Point Lisas, Port-of-Spain

Military Trinidad and Tobago

Military branches:
Trinidad and Tobago Defense Force: Ground Force, Coast Guard
(includes air wing) (2004)

Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription
(2001)

Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 290,715
females age 18-49: 258,410 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 202,958
females age 18-49: 173,797 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$66.72 million (2003 est.)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
0.6% (2003 est.)

Transnational Issues Trinidad and Tobago

Disputes - international:
In April 2006, the Permanent Court of Arbitration issues a decision
that delimits a maritime boundary with Trinidad and Tobago and
compels Barbados to enter a fishing agreement that limits Barbadian
fishermen's catches of flying fish in Trinidad and Tobago's
exclusive economic zone; in 2005, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago
agreed to compulsory international arbitration under UNCLOS
challenging whether the northern limit of Trinidad and Tobago's and
Venezuela's maritime boundary extends into Barbadian waters; Guyana
has also expressed its intention to include itself in the
arbitration as the Trinidad and Tobago-Venezuela maritime boundary
may extend into its waters as well

Illicit drugs:
transshipment point for South American drugs destined for the US
and Europe; producer of cannabis

This page was last updated on 8 February, 2007

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