Sri Lanka, also called Ceylon and in history, Taprobana is the
heaven of the earth. There are no words to describes it's phenomena. It's an
island of the Indian ocean & people say it as the "pearl of the Indian
ocean". The length is 432km and width is 224km of this island. Its land
area is 65,610 km², with 64,740 km² of land and 870 km² of
water. Its coastline is 1,340 km long.
Sri Lanka is a
South Asian country. Its climate includes tropical monsoons: the northeast
monsoon (December to March), and the southwest monsoon (June to October). Sri
Lanka is a hot spot between 25 countries of the world. This country has worm
climate and May, June and July are the hottest months of the year. Its terrain
is mostly low, flat to rolling plain, with mountains in the south-central
interior. The highest point is Pidurutalagala at 2,524.13 m.
This island has a
full of natural beauty. The fascinating coastline is surrounded of Sri Lanka.
When you go to inner side of it, you can see attractive forests, paddy fields,
rivers, water falls & many things which you love to see. The biodiversity
is great of Sri Lanka's forests and whole island has a very good attractive
biodiversity that brings more bountifulness by itself and expanded over the
island.
Anuradhapura,
Polonnaruwa, Sigiriya and Kandy are ancient cities of Sri Lanka. You will see,
fantastic creations in those cities which Sri Lanka's ancestors created. If you
hope to visit this country and desire to spend time in a hot climate at there,
you can select coast area. Also your prefer is for a cold climate, you can
select inner side of the country. This site has well explained photographs that
are evidential things for phenomena of Sri Lanka and describe them to some far.
You will see them one by one when you are browsing the site.
SRI LANKA
Largest City-Colombo
Official Languages- Sinhala,Tamil
President- Mr.Mahinda Rajapaksha
Prime Minster- Mr.D.M.Jayarathne
Independence- From the United Kindom
* Dominion- February 4,1948
* Republic- May 22,1972
Area- 65,610 Km2
* Water(%)-4.4
Population- 20,653,000
Currency- Sri Lankan Rupee(L.K.R)
Time Zone- Sri Lankan standard Time zone(UTC+5:30)
Internet TLD- .lk
Calling Code-94
National Symbols Of Sri Lanka
Flag - Lion Flag
Anthem- Sri Lanka Matha
Butterfly- Troide Darsius
Bird- Sri Lanka Junglefowl
Popular Game- Cricket
Sri Lanka Religiosty
religion percent
Buddhism 69%
Hinduism 15%
Islam 08%
Christianity 08%
Source,1993
| Administrative Divisions of Sri Lanka | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Province | Capital | Area (km²) | Area (sq mi) | Population | |||
| Central | Kandy | 5,674 | 2,191 | 2,423,966 | |||
| Eastern | Trincomalee | 9,996 | 3,859 | 1,460,939 | |||
| North Central | Anuradhapura | 10,714 | 4,137 | 1,104,664 | |||
| Northern | Jaffna | 8,884 | 3,430 | 1,311,776 | |||
| North Western | Kurunegala | 7,812 | 3,016 | 2,169,892 | |||
| Sabaragamuwa | Ratnapura | 4,902 | 1,893 | 1,801,331 | |||
| Southern | Galle | 5,559 | 2,146 | 2,278,271 | |||
| Uva | Badulla | 8,488 | 3,277 | 1,177,358 | |||
| Western | Colombo | 3,709 | 1,432 | 5,361,200 | |||
