Sri Lanka

Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

ශ්‍රී ලංකා ප්‍රජාතාන්ත්‍රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජය(Sinhala)
இலங்கை சனநாயக சமத்துவ குடியரசு(Tamil)

ශ්‍රී ලංකාව(Sinhala)
இலங்கை(Tamil)


Flag	Emblem

Anthem:

Sri Lanka Matha
Mother Sri Lanka

Capital Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte^[1]^[2]
6°54′N79°54′E / 6.9°N 79.9°E / 6.9; 79.9

Largest city Colombo

Official language(s) Sinhala, Tamil

Demonym

Sri Lankan

Government

Semi-presidential Democratic Socialist Unitary Republic

- President Mahinda Rajapaksa

- Prime Minister D. M. Jayaratne

- Speaker of the Parliament Chamal Rajapaksa

- Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake

Legislature Parliament

Independence from the United Kingdom

- Dominion (Self rule) 4 February 1948

- Republic 22 May 1972

Area

- Total 65,610 km² (122nd)
25,332 sq mi

- Water (%) 4.4

Population

- 2012 census 20,277,597^[3] (57th)

- Density 308.5/km² (44th)
798.9/sq mi

GDP (PPP) 2011 estimate

- Total $116.541 billion^[4] (64th)

- Per capita $5,673^[4] (111th)

GDP (nominal) 2011 estimate

- Total $59.095 billion^[4] (68th)

- Per capita $2,877^[4] (123rd)

Gini (2010) 36^[5] (medium)

HDI (2011) 0.691^[6] (medium) (97th)

Currency Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR)

Time zone Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone(UTC+5:30)

- Summer (DST) not observed (UTC)

Date formats dd/mm/yy(AD)

Drives on the left

ISO 3166 code

Internet TLD .lk, .ලංකා, .இலங்கை

Calling code

Country Comparisons

Sri Lanka vs. India

Contents

Introduction

Geography

Demographics

Government

Economy

Energy

Telecommunications

Transportation

Military

Transnational Issues

Environment

Health

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