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— About Sri Lanka

Capital : Sri Jayawardenapura-Kotte
Largest city : Colombo
Official languages : Sinhala, Tamil
Government : Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
President : Mahinda Rajapaksa
Prime Minister : Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
Independence : decalared from the United Kingdom on February 4, 1948
Republic : May 22, 1972
Area : 65,610 km² / 25,332 sq mi (122nd)
Water (%) : 4.4% of the Population
Population : 19,668,000 estimated in 2005 (52nd)
Census : 18,732,255 estimated in 2001
Density : 310 km² / 818 sq mi (35th)
GDP(PPP) : $86.72 billion (61st) 2005 estimate
GDP(PPP) per capita : $4,600 (111th)
GDP (nominal) : $26.794 billion 2006 estimate (78th)
GDP (nominal) per capita : $1,355 (117th)
Gini (1999–00) : 33.2 (medium)
HDI (2007) : ▼0.743 (medium) (99th)
Currency : Sri Lankan rupee (LKR)
Time zone : (UTC+5:30)
Internet TLD : .lk
Calling code : +94