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| image_caption = From top: [[Downtown Port of Spain|Downtown POS Skyline]], [[Nicholas Tower]],The National Academy forof the Performing Arts, [[Queen's Hall Trinidad and Tobago|Queen's Hall]], [[The Falls at West Mall (Trinidad and Tobago)|The Falls at West Mall]], [[Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception (Port -of -Spain)|Cathedral BasilicaSkyline of the Immaculate Conception ]], [[Publicand Transport Service Corporation]],the [[MemorialNational Park,Museum Portand ofArt Spain|Memorial Park]]Gallery, [[MovieTowneTrinidad]]
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|footnotes = ''[[Human Development Index|HDI]]'' The HDI for Trinidad and Tobago is 0.814, which gives the country a rank of 19th out of 177 countries with data (2007/2008) – <span style="color:#090">high</span>
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'''Port of Spain''', also written as '''Port-of-Spain''', is the [[Capital (political)|capital]] city of the Republic of [[Trinidad and Tobago]] and the country's third-largest municipality, after [[Chaguanas]] and [[San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago|San Fernando]]. The city has a municipal population of 36,963 (2011 census),<ref>It became the new capital of Tinidad & Tobago. The former capital was St. James. [http://www.planning.gov.tt/sites/default/files/content/mediacentre/documents/2011%20Population%20and%20Housing%20Census%20Preliminary%20Count.pdf Table 2], 2011 Census, from [http://www.planning.gov.tt/ Ministry of Planning and the Economy, Central Statistical Office], Government of Trinidad and Tobago</ref> a metropolitan population of 128,026 (1990 unofficial estimate)<ref>{{cite web|author=Halcrow Group (Trinidad & Tobago) Ltd. |title=Greater Port of Spain Local Area Plan |date=December 2000 |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20080303042039/http://www.nalis.gov.tt/plan2-Intro.htm|accessdate=2007-05-14}}</ref> and a transient daily population of 250,000.<ref name=r2/> It is located on the [[Gulf of Paria]], on the northwest coast of the island of [[Trinidad]] and is part of [[East-West Corridor|a larger conurbation]] stretching from Chaguaramas in the west to [[Arima]] in the east with an estimated population of 600,000.<ref name="nationsencyclopedia1">{{cite web|url=http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/economies/Americas/Trinidad-and-Tobago.html |title=Trinidad and Tobago – Country overview, Location and size, Population, Industry, Oil and gas, Manufacturing, Services, Tourism |publisher=Nationsencyclopedia.com |date= |accessdate=2010-06-26}}</ref>
The city serves primarily as a retail and administrative centre and it has been the capital of the island since 1757. It is also an important financial services centre for the [[Caribbean]]<ref name=CIA>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/td.html CIA World Factbook Trinidad and Tobago]. cia.gov</ref> and is home to two of the largest banks in the region.
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