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

General Information About Sri Lanka

Education

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

Geography

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

Economy

The GDP in 2021 was $88,927,263,724 USD, making it the 62# country in the world. The local currency (LKR) is represented by the symbol ₨. In this country, a Big Mac is sold at 1340.00₨ (that corresponds to $3.72 USD).

Culture

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

Population

Around 20,966,000 people live in this country, or 0.28% of all people on earth.

Good to know

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

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