Sri Lanka
Position: Indian Ocean
Position: Indian Ocean
| International name: | Sri Lanka |
| Local name: | Shri Lamka / Ilankai |
| AREA ................................................ | 65.610 kmq |
| POPULATION .................................. | 19.905.165 in. |
| DENSITY ......................................... | 303,4 in/kmq |
| CAPITAL .......................................... | Colombo |
| LANGUAGES .................................... | Sinhala (official and national language) 74%, Tamil (national language) 18%, other 8% |
| RELIGIONS ...................................... | Buddhist 69.1%, Muslim 7.6%, Hindu 7.1%, Christian 6.2%, unspecified 10% (2001 census provisional data) |
| CURRENCY ...................................... | Sri Lankan rupee (LKR) |
| GDP per CAPITA ............................. | 4390 $ (2004) |
| HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX .. | 0,516 (98th place) |
| LOWEST POINT ............................... | Indian Ocean 0 m |
| HIGHEST POINT .............................. | Pidurutalagala 2524 m |
| INDEPENDENCE ............................... | 4 February 1948 (from UK) |
| INSTITUTIONAL FORM ................... | Republic |
| WEB DOMAIN .................................. | .lk |
| COUNTRY CODE .............................. | +94 |
Indian Ocean country
| Colombo | 27/11/2024 | 21:16 | ( GMT+5,5 ) |
Courtesy from CIA World Factbook