ISO 3166-2:TT
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ISO 3166-2:TT is the entry for Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...

 in ISO 3166-2
ISO 3166-2
ISO 3166-2 is part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , and defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1...

, part of the ISO 3166
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ISO 3166 is a standard published by the International Organization for Standardization . It defines codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, special areas of geographical interest, and their principal subdivisions . The official name of the standard is Codes for the representation...

 standard
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 published by the International Organization for Standardization
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 (ISO), which defines code
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s for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., province
Province
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s or states) of all countries
Country
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 coded in ISO 3166-1
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.

Currently for Trinidad and Tobago, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 11 regions and 5 municipalities
Regional Corporations and Municipalities of Trinidad and Tobago
-Trinidad:Historically, Trinidad was divided into eight counties.-Tobago:Tobago is governed locally by the Tobago House of Assembly.Historically, Tobago was divided into seven parishes . In 1768 each parish of Tobago had nominated representatives to the Tobago House of Assembly...

. Eastern Tobago (containing the parishes Saint George, Saint John, Saint Mary, and Saint Paul) and Western Tobago (containing the parishes Saint Andrew, Saint David, and Saint Patrick) are not local government units (as opposed to the regions and municipalities on the island of Trinidad
Trinidad
Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands and numerous landforms which make up the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. It is the southernmost island in the Caribbean and lies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. With an area of it is also the fifth largest in...

), as the island of Tobago
Tobago
Tobago is the smaller of the two main islands that make up the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is located in the southern Caribbean, northeast of the island of Trinidad and southeast of Grenada. The island lies outside the hurricane belt...

 is governed locally by the Tobago House of Assembly
Tobago House of Assembly
The Tobago House of Assembly is the local government body responsible for the island of Tobago within the twin-island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. The THA was established in 1980 to rectify some of the disparities in the relationship between the two islands, though a prior body using the same...

.

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is TT, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
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 code of Trinidad and Tobago. The second part is three letters.

Current codes

Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).

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Code Subdivision name Subdivision category
TT-CTT Couva-Tabaquite-Talparo
Couva-Tabaquite-Talparo Regional Corporation
Couva-Tabaquite-Talparo Regional Corporation is a Regional Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago. It has a land area of 719.64 km². Urban areas within Couva-Tabaquite-Talparo Regional Corporation include Claxton Bay, Couva, Point Lisas, St...

region
TT-DMN Diego Martin
Diego Martin Regional Corporation
Diego Martin Regional Corporation is a Regional Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago. It has a land area of 127.53 km² and is headquartered in Petit Valley. Other urban areas within Diego Martin Regional Corporation include Carenage, Diego Martin, Maraval and Westmoorings.-Elected Areas:* Alyce...

region
TT-ETO Eastern Tobago region
TT-PED Penal-Debe
Penal-Debe Regional Corporation
Penal-Debe Regional Corporation is a Regional Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago. It has a land area of 246.91 km². Urban areas within Penal-Debe Regional Corporation include Penal, where the corporation is headquartered, and Debe.-Areas:...

region
TT-PRT Princes Town
Princes Town Regional Corporation
Princes Town Regional Corporation is a Regional Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago. It has a land area of 621.35 km². The Princes Town Regional Corporation is headquartered in Princes Town. Other towns include Moruga.-References:...

region
TT-RCM Rio Claro-Mayaro
Rio Claro-Mayaro Regional Corporation
Rio Claro-Mayaro Regional Corporation is a Regional Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago. It has a land area of 852.81 km². The Rio Claro-Mayaro Regional Corporation is headquartered in Mayaro...

region
TT-SGE Sangre Grande
Sangre Grande Regional Corporation
Sangre Grande Regional Corporation is a Local Government Body and the largest Regional Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago. It has a land area of 898.94 km². The Sangre Grande Regional Corporation is headquartered in Sangre Grande. Other urban areas within include Guaico, Toco and Valencia...

region
TT-SJL San Juan-Laventille
San Juan-Laventille Regional Corporation
San Juan-Laventille Regional Corporation is a Regional Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago. It has a land area of 220.39 km². The San Juan-Laventille Regional Corporation is headquartered in Aranguez. Other urban areas include Barataria, Laventille, Morvant, St. Joseph and San Juan. It is the...

region
TT-SIP Siparia
Siparia Regional Corporation
Siparia Regional Corporation is the Regional Corporation which handles local government functions in a 510.48 km² are of southwest Trinidad. It is one of 15 local government bodies in Trinidad and Tobago. The Siparia Regional Corporation is headquartered in Siparia...

region
TT-TUP Tunapuna-Piarco
Tunapuna-Piarco Regional Corporation
Tunapuna-Piarco Regional Corporation is a local government body in Trinidad and Tobago. It is one of nine Regional Corporations in Trinidad which replaced the system of Counties as local government bodies in 1992. It is the largest by population of all the Regional Corporations. It contains the...

region
TT-WTO Western Tobago region
TT-ARI Arima
Arima
The Royal Borough of Arima is the fourth largest town in Trinidad and Tobago. Located east of the capital, Port of Spain, Arima supports the only organised indigenous community in the country, the Santa Rosa Carib Community and is the seat of the Carib Queen...

municipality
TT-CHA Chaguanas
Chaguanas
The Borough of Chaguanas is the largest municipality 2000 census) and fastest-growing town in Trinidad and Tobago. Located in Central Trinidad about south of Port of Spain. It grew in size due to its proximity to the Woodford Lodge sugar refinery. It remained a minor town until the 1980s when it...

municipality
TT-PTF Point Fortin
Point Fortin
Point Fortin, the smallest Borough in Trinidad and Tobago, is located in southwestern Trinidad, about southwest of San Fernando. After the discovery of petroleum in the area in 1906 the town grew into a major oil-producing centre. The town grew with the oil industry between the 1940s and 1980s,...

municipality
TT-POS Port of Spain
Port of Spain
Port of Spain, also written as Port-of-Spain, is the capital of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and the country's third-largest municipality, after San Fernando and Chaguanas. The city has a municipal population of 49,031 , a metropolitan population of 128,026 and a transient daily population...

municipality
TT-SFO San Fernando municipality

See also

  • Subdivisions of Trinidad and Tobago
  • FIPS region codes of Trinidad and Tobago

External links

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