Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is a twin island country that is the southernmost nation of the West Indies in the Caribbean. It is situated south of Grenada off the northern edge of the South American mainland, off the coast of northeastern Venezuela. It shares maritime boundaries with Barbados to the northeast, Grenada to the northwest, Guyana to the southeast, and Venezuela to the south and west. The island of Trinidad was a Spanish colony from the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1498 until Spanish governor Don José María Chacón
Casilda (Trinidad) Casilda (Trinidad) Casilda is a Cuban village and "consejo popular" ("people's council", i.e. hamlet) of the municipality of Trinidad, Sancti Spíritus Province. Casilda is a seaside resort, due to the presence of tourist beaches such as Playa Ancón. The village was founded in 1808 by Andrés Valdés Pino, in the vicinity of a farm named Peralta. Casilda's population in 1943 was 1,986. Casilda is located south of Trinidad (5 km ) by the Gulf of Ana María, on the Caribbean coast. It lies on the Casilda Bay, enclosed by the Ancón Peninsula, on which are located several hotels of Playa