Metroji clue #125

Port of Spain in five emoji

Trinidad and Tobago

The capital of a two-island country that sits close enough to Venezuela to see it, and whose culture came out of that mix rather than from either side alone.

What each emoji refers to

The steelpan was developed here in the 1930s and 40s out of oil drums, after skin drums were banned.
Carnival is the two days before Lent, and the bands and costumes are worked on for most of the year before.
Oil and gas carry the economy, and the Pitch Lake in the south is the largest natural asphalt deposit on earth.
Scarlet ibis fly into the Caroni swamp at dusk in flocks that turn the mangroves red.
Calypso and then soca came out of the carnival competitions, which are still judged and fiercely contested.

Port of Spain at a glance

Country
Trinidad and Tobago
Coordinates
10.65Β° N, 61.50Β° W
First played

Nearest cities in the game

Distances are great-circle, the same measure the game reports after a wrong guess. The arrow is the direction you would need to travel from Port of Spain.

City Distance Direction
Saint George'sGrenada 160 km
KingstownSaint Vincent and the Grenadines 280 km
BridgetownBarbados 340 km
CastriesSaint Lucia 380 km
RoseauDominica 520 km
GeorgetownGuyana 560 km

Today's city is a different one

Metroji picks a new city every day at midnight, wherever you are. Everyone gets the same one, so scores are comparable.

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