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Geographical unit:
 
 Entity
 Sri Lanka 
 Main prefix
 4S 
 Time zone
 +5 h 30 min. 
 Continent
 Asia 
 
          Sri Lanka          
 
 Sri Lanka 

 Sri Lanka - contains of following DXCC entities:
 
          Sri Lanka          
 
 Coat of arms 
 Coin 
 Banknote 
 Stamp 
 Satellite image 
 
 Flag 
 Flag description 
Yellow with two panels; the smaller hoist-side panel has two equal vertical bands of green (hoist side) and orange; the other panel is a large dark red rectangle with a yellow lion holding a sword, and there is a yellow bo leaf in each corner; the yellow field appears as a border around the entire flag and extends between the two panels.
 
          Sri Lanka          
 
 Sri Lanka 
 Capital: 
Colombo
Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte is the legislative capital
 Administrative
 divisions: 
8 provinces: Central, North Central, North Eastern, North Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern, Uva, and Western.
North Eastern province may have been divided in two - Northern and Eastern.
 Population: 
19,576,783 (July 2002 est.)
since the outbreak of hostilities between the government and armed Tamil separatists in the mid-1980s, several hundred thousand Tamil civilians have fled the island, as of mid-1999, approximately 66,000 were housed in 133 refugee camps in south India, another 40,000 lived outside the Indian camps, and more than 200,000 Tamils have sought refuge in the West
 Languages: 
Sinhala (official and national language) 74%, Tamil (national language) 18%, other 8%
English is commonly used in government and is spoken competently by about 10% of the population
 Geographic
 coordinates: 
7° 00' N, 81° 00' E
 Area total: 
65,610 sq. km
 Land area: 
64,740 sq. km
 Water area: 
870 sq. km
 Total land
 boundaries: 
0 km
 Coastline: 
1,340 km
 Elevation
 extremes: 
Indian Ocean 0 m - Pidurutalagala 2,524 m
 Internet
 country code: 
.lk
 Currency: 
Sri Lankan rupee (LKR)
 Name -
 conventional
 long form: 
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
 Name -
 conventional
 short form: 
Sri Lanka
 Former name: 
Serendib, Ceylon
 Independence: 
4 February 1948 (from UK)
 Constitution: 
adopted 16 August 1978
 Government
 type: 
republic
 National
 holiday: 
Independence Day, 4 February (1948)
 
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