how many counties are there in trinidad and tobago
eight
title: Trinidad and Tobago text: 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 title: ISO 3166-2:TT text: ISO 3166-2:TT ISO 3166-2:TT is the entry for Trinidad and Tobago in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1. Currently for Trinidad and Tobago, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 9 regions, 5 municipalities and 1 ward. Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is , the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Trinidad and Tobago. The second part is three letters. Subdivision names are title: ISO 3166-2:TT text: listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA). "Click on the button in the header to sort each column." The following changes to the entry are listed on ISO's online catalogue, the Online Browsing Platform: ISO 3166-2:TT ISO 3166-2:TT is the entry for Trinidad and Tobago in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1. Currently for Trinidad and Tobago, ISO 3166-2 codes title: Trinidad and Tobago text: pronunciation is , rhyming with "lumbago", "sago", and "may go". Trinidad and Tobago are islands situated between 10° 2' and 11° 12' N latitude and 60° 30' and 61° 56' W longitude. At the closest point, Trinidad is just from Venezuelan territory. Covering an area of , the country consists of the two main islands, Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous smaller landforms, including Chacachacare, Monos, Huevos, Gaspar Grande (or Gasparee), Little Tobago, and St. Giles Island. Trinidad is in area (comprising 93.0% of the country's total area) with an average length of and an average width of . Tobago has title: Regional corporations and municipalities of Trinidad and Tobago text: council system was first introduced, Tobago was administered as a single county of Trinidad. In 1980 provisions were made for the Tobago House of Assembly to be revived as an entity providing local government in Tobago. Under the revived system, Tobago is made up of 12 local electoral districts with each district electing one Assemblyman to the THA. Regional corporations and municipalities of Trinidad and Tobago Before 1991 Trinidad was divided into eight counties. Tobago is governed locally by the Tobago House of Assembly. Historically, Tobago was divided into seven parishes (Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint John, Saint