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Geography 

                        
An island in the Indian Ocean off the southeast tip of India, Sri Lanka is about half the size of Alabama.Most of the land is flat and rolling, mountains in the south-central region rise to over 8,000 ft.

History 

                    

  Sri Lanka was known by a variety of names: ancient Greek geographers called it "Taprobane" and Arabs referred to it as Serendib was the name given to Sri Lanka by the Portuguese when they arrived in 1505.which was transliterated into English as Ceylon As a British colony the island was known as Ceylon and achieved independence under the name Dominion of Ceylon in 1948


Quick Facts



Capital             : Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte, but Colombo is the commercial capital

Government    : Republic
  


Currency         : Sri Lankan rupee (LKR / Rs) 

Area                : total: 65,610 km²
                          water: 870 km²
                          land: 64,740 km²

Population      : 20,064,776 (July 2006 est.)




Language       : Sinhala (official and national language) 74%,
                         Tamil (official and national language) 18%,
                         other 8%
  
Religion         : Buddhist 70%,
                         Hindu 15%,
                        Christian 8%,
                         Muslim 8%



Calling Code    : +94




Internet TLD   : .lk





Time Zone        : UTC+5:30


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