Tobago has a land area of
300 km² (116 mi²), and is approximately 42 kilometres (26
Miles) long and 10 kilometres (6 miles) wide. It is located at
latitude 11° 9' N,
longitude 60° 40' W, slightly north of Trinidad. The
population is 54,084 (2000). The capital is
Scarborough, with a population of about 17,000. While
Trinidad is
multiethnic, the population of Tobago is primarily
of African descent, although with a growing proportion of
Trinidadians of East Indian descent and Europeans (predominantly
Germans and
Scandinavians). Between 1990 and 2000, the population of
Tobago grew by 11.28 percent, making it one of the fastest
growing areas of the country.