Country: Sri Lanka



Population: 20,410,000
Capital: Colombo
Currency: Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR )
Top level domain: .lk
Int. Phone access: 94
ISO2 code: LK
ISO3 code: LKA
IOC code: SRI


Sri Lanka



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Sri Lanka

Languages:
Sinhala (official and national language), Tamil (national language)

Religions:
Buddhist 69.1%, Muslim 7.6%, Hindu 7.1%, Christian 6.2%, unspecified 10% (2001 census provisional data)

United Nations member since: 1955-12-14

Olympic achievements

Olympic Summer Games: 8 times.   Medals: gold  0   silver  1   bronse   1
Olympic Winter Games: 0 times.   Medals: gold  0   silver  0   bronse   0

Provinces / Regions


Amparai, Anuradhapura, Badulla, Batticaloa, Galle, Hambantota, Kalutara, Kandy, Kegalla, Kurunegala, Matale, Matara, Moneragala, Nuwara Eliya, Polonnaruwa, Puttalam, Ratnapura, Trincomalee, Colombo, Gampaha, Jaffna, Mannar, Mullaittivu, Vavuniya, Central, North Central, Northern, North Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern, Uva, Western,

Major Cities


Colombo, Dehiwala, Moratuwa, Jaffna, Kandy, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Negombo,
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