Sri Lanka: all about this country and its main places!

latitude: 7.877 / longitude: 80.73847

General information

Education

This country offers several reputable universities like University of Peradeniya, University of Ruhuna.

Geography

Here are the different languages spoken in the country: Sinhala, Tamil. The country has a 65,610 km² area, a postcode system is employed and the primary cities are: Colombo, Kandy, Galle, Nugegoda, Malabe. Colombo serves as this nation's capital and the country shares a border with India.

Population

There are 20,966,000 inhabitants, or 0.28% of the population of planet earth.

Culture

There are UNESCO listed sites in this country: Sacred City of Anuradhapura, Ancient City of Polonnaruwa, Ancient City of Sigiriya, Sinharaja Forest Reserve, Sacred City of Kandy. Example of famous dishes in this country: Rice and curry, pittu, kiribath, wholemeal roti, string hoppers, wattalapam, kottu, and appam.

Economy

The price for a Big Mac in this country is 1340.00₨ (around $3.72 USD). In 2021 the GDP was $88,927,263,724 USD, placing it at position 62 in the market. The local currency (LKR) is represented by the symbol ₨.

Good to know

The domain name ".lk" is used by the country's websites, telephone numbers begin with +94, the country's ISO code is LK https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka is a good place to find out more details on this country.

Summary

Flag
ISO code LK
Capital Colombo
Population 20,966,000
World percentage 0.28%
Main cities
Borders
Spoken languages Sinhala, Tamil
GDP (2021) $88,927,263,724
GDP position #62
Big Mac local price 1340.00₨
Big Mac USD price $3.72
Currency code LKR
Currency symbol
National dish Rice and curry, pittu, kiribath, wholemeal roti, string hoppers, wattalapam, kottu, and appam
TLD .lk
Phone prefix +94
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka