AREA ................................................
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65.610
kmq
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POPULATION ..................................
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19.905.165 in.
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DENSITY .........................................
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303,4 in/kmq
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CAPITAL ..........................................
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Colombo
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LANGUAGES ....................................
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Sinhala (official and national language) 74%, Tamil (national language) 18%, other 8%
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RELIGIONS ......................................
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Buddhist 69.1%, Muslim 7.6%, Hindu 7.1%, Christian 6.2%, unspecified 10% (2001 census provisional data)
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CURRENCY ......................................
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Sri Lankan rupee (LKR)
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GDP per CAPITA .............................
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4390 $ (2004)
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HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX ..
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0,516 (98th place)
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LOWEST POINT ...............................
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Indian Ocean 0 m
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HIGHEST POINT ..............................
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Pidurutalagala 2524 m
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INDEPENDENCE ...............................
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4 February 1948 (from UK)
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INSTITUTIONAL FORM ...................
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Republic
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WEB DOMAIN ..................................
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.lk
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COUNTRY CODE ..............................
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+94
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