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« on: August 27, 2014, 07:00:51 PM »
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
ශ්‍රී ලංකා ප්‍රජාතාන්ත්‍රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජය
இலங்கை ஜனநாயக சோசலிசக் குடியரசு


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Capital   
  • Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte(Administrative)
  • Colombo (Commercial)

Largest city : Colombo
Official languages : Sinhala, Tamil

Government : Unitary semi-presidential constitutional republic
  • President : Mahinda Rajapaksa
  • Prime Minister : D. M. Jayaratne
  • Speaker of the Parliament : Chamal Rajapaksa
  • Chief Justice : Mohan Peiris

Legislature : Parliament
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 (57th)
Currency : Sri Lankan rupee (LKR)
Time zone : SLST (UTC+5:30)
Date format : dd/mm/yyyy (AD)
Calling code : +94
ISO 3166 code : LK
Internet TLD : .lk .ලංකා .இலங்கை

Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකාව, śrī laṃkāva, Tamil: இலங்கை, ilaṅkai), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in the northern Indian Ocean off the southeast coast of the Indian subcontinent in South Asia. Known until 1972 as Ceylon, Sri Lanka has maritime borders with India to the northwest and the Maldives to the southwest.

Sri Lanka has a documented history that spans over 3,000 years, but there are facts to suggest that Sri Lanka had pre-historic human settlements dating back to at least 125,000 years. Its geographic location and deep harbours made it of great strategic importance from the time of the ancient Silk Road through to World War II. Sri Lanka is a diverse country, home to many religions, ethnicities and languages. It is the land of the Sinhalese, Sri Lankan Tamils, Moors, Indian Tamils, Burghers, Malays, Kaffirs and the aboriginal Vedda. Sri Lanka has a rich Buddhist heritage, and the first known Buddhist writings of Sri Lanka, the Pāli Canon, dates back to the Fourth Buddhist Council in 29 BCE. The country's recent history has been marred by a thirty-year civil war which decisively ended when Sri Lankan military crushed Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in 2009.

Sri Lanka is a republic and a unitary state governed by a presidential system. The capital, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, is a suburb of the largest city, Colombo. An important producer of tea, coffee, gemstones, coconuts, rubber, and the native cinnamon, Sri Lanka is known as "the Pearl of the Indian Ocean" because of its natural beauty, its shape and location, and "the nation of smiling people". The island contains tropical forests and diverse landscapes with a high amount of biodiversity.

The country has had a long history of international engagement, as a founding member of SAARC, a member of the United Nations, the Commonwealth of Nations, the G77 and the Non-Aligned Movement. It is also the only country in South Asia that is currently rated 'high' on the Human Development Index.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka
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