Sri Lanka

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Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka இலங்கை சனநாயக சோஷலிசக் குடியரசு (Illankai Chananaayaka Chosalisa Kudiyarasu)
Official flag Official Coat of Arms
National information
National motto:	none
National anthem:	"Sri Lanka Matha"
About the people
Official languages:	Sinhala and Tamil
Population: (# of people)	Total: 20,064,776 (ranked #53) Density: 305 per km²
Geography / Places
Here is the country on a map of the world.
Capital city:	Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte
Largest city:	Colombo
Area	Total: 65,610 (ranked #121) Water: n/a km² (1.3%)
Politics / Government
Established:	February 04, 1948
Leaders:	President: Mahinda Rajapaksa Prime Minister: Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
Economy / Money
Currency: (Name of money)	Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR)
International information
Time zone:	+6
Telephone dialing code:	+94
Internet domain:	.lk

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.

It was known as Ceylon before 1972, and Serendib and Sinhale, among other names, before that.

[edit] Provinces

Sri Lanka consists of 9 provinces:

• Central
• North Central
• North
• Eastern
• North Western
• Sabaragamuwa
• Southern
• Uva
• Western

Hindu temple, Colombo

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