Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka | |
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Anthem: | |
Capital | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative) Colombo (executive and judicial) 6°56′N 79°52′E / 6.933°N 79.867°E |
Official languages | Sinhala Tamil |
English | |
Ethnic groups | 74.9% Sinhalese 11.2% Sri Lankan Tamils 9.2% Sri Lankan Moors 4.2% Indian Tamils 0.5% Others (incl. Burghers, Malays, Veddas, Chinese, |
Religion (2012) | 70.2% Buddhism (official) 12.6% Hinduism 9.7% Islam 7.4% Christianity 0.1% Other/None |
Demonym(s) | Sri Lankan |
Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic |
Ranil Wickremesinghe | |
Dinesh Gunawardena | |
Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena | |
Jayantha Jayasuriya | |
Legislature | Parliament |
Independence from the United Kingdom | |
• Dominion | 4 February 1948 |
• Republic | 22 May 1972 |
7 September 1978 | |
Area | |
• Total | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (120th) |
• Water (%) | 4.4 |
Population | |
• 2019 estimate | 21,803,000 (58th) |
• 2012 census | 20,277,597 |
• Density | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (43rd) |
GDP (PPP) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | $321.856 billion (58th) |
• Per capita | $14,509 (91st) |
GDP (nominal) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | $92.111 billion (65th) |
• Per capita | $4,152 (109th) |
Gini (2016) | 39.8 medium |
HDI (2019) | 0.782 high · 72nd |
Currency | Sri Lankan rupee (Rs) (LKR) |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (SLST) |
Date format |
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Driving side | left |
Calling code | +94 |
ISO 3166 code | LK |
Internet TLD | |
Website www |
The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (ශ්රී ලංකා in Sinhala, இலங்கை in Tamil) is a tropical island nation off the southeast coast of the Indian subcontinent. The capital of the country is Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte while the largest city is Colombo. Sri Lanka shares a sea boundary with the Maldives in the south-west part and India in the north-west.
It was known as Ceylon before 1972, and Serendib and Sinhale, among other names, before that. It was South Asia's oldest democracy.
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