Sri Lankan Culture, Nature and Life

Sri Lankan Culture, Nature and Life Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon), a tiny island nation south of India in the Indian Ocean, is a rugged land of rainforest, diverse wildlife and endless beaches.

ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ආසියා මහද්වීපයට අයත් ඉන්දියානු උප මහාද්වීපයේ පිහිටා ඇති ප්‍රධාන දූපතක් හා අවට පිහිටි කුඩා දූපත් කිහිපයකින් ද විශාල සමුද්‍ර කලාපයකින් ද සමන්විත ස්වෛරීය රාජ්‍යයකි. Capital: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (Administrative)
Colombo MC logo.png Colombo (Commercial) 6°56′N 79°52′E
Largest city: Colombo
Official languages
Sinhalese
Tamil

Recognized English
Demonym Sri Lankan
Governmen

t Unitary semi-presidential constitutional republic
- President Maithripala Sirisena
- Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe
- Speaker of the Parliament Chamal Rajapaksa
- Chief Justice K. Sripavan
Legislature Parliament
Independence from the United Kingdom
- Dominion 4 February 1948
- Republic 22 May 1972
- Current constitution 7 September 1978
Area
- Total 65,610 km2 (122nd)
25,332 sq mi
- Water (%) 4.4
Population
- 2012 census 20,277,597[1] (57th)
- Density 323/km2 (40th)
836.6/sq mi
GDP (PPP) 2015 estimate
- Total $233.637 billion[2] (60th)
- Per capita $11,069[2] (99th)
GDP (nominal) 2015 estimate
- Total $80.591 billion[2] (68th)
- Per capita $3,818[2] (114th)
Gini (2010) 36.4[3]
medium
HDI (2013) Increase 0.750[4]
high · 73rd
Currency Sri Lankan rupee (LKR)
Time zone SLST (UTC+5:30)
Date format

dd/mm/yyyy (AD)(English)
yyyy/mm/dd (Sinhala)

Drives on the left
Calling code +94
ISO 3166 code LK
Internet TLD .lk

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