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Global Sourcebook for International Data Management
by Graham Rhind
For supplementary information, see links to post office home pages here , to postal code pages here and to other personal name and addressing issues pages here .
1,234.45
(where . indicates the decimal separator and , the thousands separator)
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
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\A(\d{6,6})\Z
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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
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.
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