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Tobago / t ə ˈ b eɪ ɡ oʊ / is an autonomous island within the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago . It is located northeast of the mainland of Trinidad and southeast of the Caribbean country of Grenada . The island lies outside the hurricane belt . According to the earliest English-language source cited in the Oxford English Dictionary , Tobago bore a name that has become the English word tobacco . The national bird of Tobago is the cocrico .
The population was 62,219 at the 2011 census. The capital, Scarborough , has a population of about 25,550. While Trinidad is multiethnic , Tobago's population is primarily of African descent, although with a growing proportion of Trinidadians of East Indian descent and Europeans. Between 2000 and 2011, the population of Tobago grew by 12.55 percent, making it one of the fastest-growing areas of Trinidad and Tobago .
Christopher Columbus first sighted Tobago in 1498. Subsequently, several powers fought over possession of the island.