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

latitude: 7.877 / longitude: 80.73847

General information

Education

You can find famous universities here like University of Peradeniya, University of Ruhuna.

Population

This country represents 0.28% of the world's population with about 20,966,000 individuals.

Culture

You can find some UNESCO listed places: Sacred City of Anuradhapura, Ancient City of Polonnaruwa, Ancient City of Sigiriya, Sinharaja Forest Reserve, Sacred City of Kandy. Well known national dishes are: Rice and curry, pittu, kiribath, wholemeal roti, string hoppers, wattalapam, kottu, and appam.

Geography

Colombo serves as this nation's capital and the country shares a border with India. The following languages are spoken by the nation's citizens: Sinhala, Tamil. Country territory measures 65,610 km², they use a postcode system and the main cities are: Colombo, Kandy, Galle, Nugegoda, Malabe.

Economy

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 ₨. You need to pay 1340.00₨ (that corresponds to $3.72 USD) for a Big Mac at McDonald's ©.

Good to know

Visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka to learn more about this nation. The country's ISO code is LK, the domain name ".lk" is used by the country's websites, phone numbers start with +94

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