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(Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte, but Colombo is the commercial capital)
Sinhala (official and national language) 74%, Tamil (official and national language) 18%, other 8%
note: English is commonly used in government and is spoken competently by about 10% of the population
- Sri Lankan rupee (LKR)
Areatotal: 65,610 km2
water: 870 km2
land: 64,740 km2
Callingcode+94
Electricity230V/50Hz (British BS 1363 type plug is most common with fewer (older) installations of BS 546, the circular plug used in India, being present).
GovernmentRepublic
Population20,064,776 (July 2006 est.)
ReligionBuddhist 70%, Hindu 15%, Christian 8%, Muslim 8% (1999)
TimezoneUTC+5:30
Tld.lk