Dig straight down through Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Indian Ocean 🌊, off the coast of Indonesia 🇮🇩. Below are Trinidad and Tobago's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Capital | Port-of-Spain |
|---|---|
| Population | about 1.39 million |
| Area | 7,739 km² (2,988 sq mi) |
| Region | Caribbean, North America |
| Economy | Developing region |
| Income group | High income: nonOECD |
| Official name | Republic of Trinidad and Tobago |
| Also written | Trinidad y Tobago (es) · Trinité-et-Tobago (fr) · 特立尼达和多巴哥 (zh) · ترينيداد وتوباغو (ar) · Тринидад и Тобаго (ru) · トリニダード・トバゴ (ja) |
Taken from the middle of Trinidad and Tobago, that point sits at 10.5625° S, 118.7096° E. The nearest coast is Indonesia 🇮🇩, roughly 104 km (65 miles) south-west.
The closest settlement of any size is Raba, Indonesia, about 235 km (146 miles) from the point.
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