Local time
Wed, 1:39 PM ASTAmerica/Port_of_SpainCityCapital
Port-of-Spain
10.65° N, 61.52° W
- Population
- 294,934
- Population from Natural Earth (POP_MAX). The source does not state which year the figure belongs to, so no year is shown.
- Population rank
- 1 of 2
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 2 cities of Trinidad and Tobago in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Trinidad and Tobago, so this is not a national ranking.
- Elevation
- 3 m
- Elevation above sea level from Wikidata (P2044), rounded to the metre. A city whose sources give two different elevations shows no row.
- Area
- 12 km²
- Total area from Wikidata (P2046). Where two statements differ by less than half a percent the smaller is shown; a larger disagreement (land area against total area, say) shows no row.
- Time zone
- America/Port_of_Spain
Traveler brief
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Practical bearings for Port-of-Spain, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Port-of-Spain have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
The name translates the Spanish "Puerto de España," given to the town in 1595, and was anglicized after the British captured Trinidad in 1797.
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person
Connections
Nearest
Sister cities
- Atlanta
- Georgetown
- Lagos
- Trinidad
- Yeosu
- and 1 more
