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International telephone access code

ISO 3166 country codes

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GRC Country Code

   1,234.45

(where . indicates the decimal separator and , the thousands separator)

   Note: This section last updated 20th June 2021

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The official language is English . The version spoken in Trinidad and Tobago is a dialect rather than a distinct Creole. There are some 45 000 Hindi -speakers, 36 000 Lesser Antillean Creole English -speakers and a number of Trinidad Creole French -speakers.

Some women retain their maiden names upon marriage by hyphenating it to their husband’s family name.

   Tables of names can be acquired: given names , surnames/family names , family name prefixes , forms of address , job titles 

   Note: This section last updated 12th October 2020

Addresses have the format:

   Building number[ ]Thoroughfare name[ ]Thoroughfare type
   {DISTRICT/VILLAGE}
   POST OFFICE LOCATION[ ]{Postal code}

For example:

Addresses are written in English. Buildings are numbered along streets with odd numbers on one side and even on the other.

   A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired 

This is written PO Box.

   Note: This section last updated 15th March 2021

Trinidad and Tobago completed implementing a Postal Code system in February 2021, which has a 6-digit numeric code. The first two digits point to the delivery office in one of the 72 postal districts; the next two digits indicate a sub-district (called the “delivery loop”); and the final two a zone or building.

Codes are added after the place name on the last line in this way:

   DIEGO MARTIN 121086

   Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired 

Trinidad and Tobago - Postal code format graphic

Trinidad and Tobago -Postal code format

Trinidad and Tobago -Postal code specifics

Trinidad and Tobago -Postal code regular expression

Trinidad and Tobago -Postal code level of coverage

Trinidad and Tobago - Postal code map

   Note: This section last updated 31st August 2015

Refer to Exonyms in Trinidad and Tobago for full lists of place names in Trinidad and Tobago in other languages.

Trinidad and Tobago has 9 regional corporations , 2 city corporations (shown with §), 3 borough corporations (shown in the list below with an asterisk), and 1 ward (shown with a ‡):

    Arima  *
    Chaguanas  * 
    Couva/Tabaquite/Talparo 
    Diego Martin 
    Mayaro/Rio 
    Penal/Debe 
    Point Fortin  * 
    Port-of-Spain  §
    Princes Town 
    Sangre Grande 
    San Juan/Laventille 
    San Fernando  §
    Siparia 
    Tobago  ‡
    Tunanpuna/Piarco 

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   Note: This section last updated 12th March 2021

All telephone numbers in Trinidad and Tobago have the area code 868. Subscriber numbers have 7 digits. Mobile number subscriber numbers commence with these ranges: 25, 261-262, 265, 27-299, 301-310, 312-399, 430-436, 460-469, 470-484, 490-499, 620, 678, 680-689, 710, 712-799.

   Tables of telephone number information/formats can be acquired – see http://www.grcdi.nl/telephone.htm