Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka - ශ්රී ලංකා ප්රජාතාන්ත්රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජය (Sinhala)
- இலங்கை சனநாயக சோசலிசக் குடியரசு (Tamil)
Sinhala: | Śrī Laṅkā Prajātāntrika Samājavādī Janarajaya |
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Tamil: | Ilaṅkai Jaṉanāyaka Sōsalisak Kuṭiyarasu |
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Capital | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative) Colombo (executive and judicial) 6°56′N 79°52′E / 6.933°N 79.867°E / 6.933; 79.867 |
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Official languages | Sinhala Tamil |
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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, |
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Religion (2012) | 70.2% Buddhism (official) 12.6% Hinduism 9.7% Islam 7.4% Christianity 0.1% Other/None |
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Demonym(s) | Sri Lankan |
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Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic |
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| Ranil Wickremesinghe |
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| Dinesh Gunawardena |
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| Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena |
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| Jayantha Jayasuriya |
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Legislature | Parliament |
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| 4 February 1948 |
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| 22 May 1972 |
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| 7 September 1978 |
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• Total | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (120th) |
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• Water (%) | 4.4 |
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• 2019 estimate | 21,803,000 (58th) |
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• 2012 census | 20,277,597 |
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• Density | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (43rd) |
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GDP (PPP) | 2020 estimate |
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• Total | $321.856 billion (58th) |
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• Per capita | $14,509 (91st) |
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GDP (nominal) | 2020 estimate |
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• Total | $92.111 billion (65th) |
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• Per capita | $4,152 (109th) |
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Gini (2016) | 39.8 medium |
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HDI (2019) | 0.782 high · 72nd |
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Currency | Sri Lankan rupee (Rs) (LKR) |
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Time zone | UTC+5:30 (SLST) |
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Driving side | left |
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Calling code | +94 |
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ISO 3166 code | LK |
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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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