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

latitude: 7.877 / longitude: 80.73847

General information

Geography

The capital of this country is Colombo and the country has a border with India. People from this country speak these languages: Sinhala, Tamil. 65,610 km² make up the entire country, a postcode system is employed and the key cities are: Colombo, Kandy, Galle, Nugegoda, Malabe.

Population

There are 20,966,000 people here, or 0.28% of the world's population.

Education

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

Economy

In this country, a Big Mac is sold at 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 currency ISO code is LKR and the currency symbol is ₨.

Culture

Interesting food you need to try here: 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.

Good to know

For more information about this country, check https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka. The country's ISO code is LK, the domain name ".lk" is used by the country's websites, telephone numbers begin 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