"This damsel, like unto a fluttering tender bud, in fact became one who spoke with the buds and flower in her hand. It is therefore an untrue word that has been said; the ladies do not speak."
(187) Sigiriya Graffiti - Paranavitharne
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Hoppers, a Sri Lankan delicacyDemocratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Capital: Sri Jayawardenapura-kotte
Largest city: Colombo
Official languages: Sinhala, Tamil
Climate: Low Lands – tropical, average 27CCentral Hills – cooler, with temperatures dropping to 14C. The south-west monsoon brings rain to the western, southern and central regions from May to July, while the north-eastern monsoon occurs in the north and east in December and January. Sri Lanka has a good climate for holiday-makers throughout the year.
Annual per capita: GNP US$870
Industries: Processing of rubber, tea, coconuts, and other agricultural commodities; clothing, cement, petroleum refining, textiles, tobacco
Government: Democratic Socialist Republic
- President Mahinda Rajapaksa
- Prime Minister Ratnasiri WickremanayakeIndependence from: the United Kingdom
Area:
- Water (%) 4.4
Population:
- 2005 estimate 19,668,000[1] (52nd)
- 2001 census 18,732,255- Density 310 /km² (35th)
818 /sq miGDP (PPP) 2005 estimate
- Total $86.72 billion (61st)- Per capita $4,600 (111th)
GDP (nominal) 2006 estimate- Total $26.794 billion (78th)
- Per capita $1,355 (117th)Gini? (1999–00) 33.2 (medium)
HDI (2004) 0.755 (medium) (93rd)Literacy rate: 91.8%
Location: An island off the south-eastern cost shores of India, 880 km north of the equator, in the Indian Ocean.
Currency: Sri Lankan rupee (LKR) Sri Lanka follows decimal currency system in Rupees (Rs.) and cents (Cts.) with 100 cents equal to a rupee. Currency notes are available in the denominations of Rs. 2,10,20,50,100,200, 500 and 1000. Coins are issued in values of Cts.1,2,5,10, 25 and 50 and Rs.1,2,5 and 10. The intervention currency continuously will be the US Dollar
Time zone (UTC+5:30)Internet TLD: .lk
Calling code: +94
visa: Residents from countries are issued visas on arrival. Consult your local Sri Lanka embassy, consulate, tourist office or your travel agent.
Working week: Sri Lanka works a five-day week, from Monday to Friday.
Working week: Sri Lanka works a five-day week, from Monday to Friday.
Business hours: Government offices: 9.00 a.m. -5.00 p.m, Monday to Friday
Banks: 9.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. or 3.00 p.m. Monday to Saturday
Post office: 8.30 a.m.- 5.00 p.m., Monday to Friday8.30 a.m. – 1.00 p.m. on Saturday. The Central Mail Exchange, at D.R.Wijewardene Mawatha, Colombo 10, (Telephone : 326203) is open 24-hours.
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka known as Ceylon before 1972) is an island nation in South Asia, located about 31 kilometers (18½ mi) off the southern coast of India. Popularly referred to as the Pearl of the Indian Ocean,it is home to around twenty million people.online
Due to its location in the path of major sea routes, Sri Lanka is a strategic naval link between West Asia and South East Asia, and has been a center of Buddhist religion and culture from ancient times. Today, the country is a multi-religious and multi-ethnic nation, with a quarter of the population following faiths other than Buddhism, notably Hinduism, Christianity and Islam. The Sinhalese community forms the majority of the population, with Tamils, who are mostly concentrated in the north and east of the island, forming the largest ethnic minority. Other communities include the Muslim Moors and Malays as well as Burghers.
Famous for the production and export of tea, coffee, rubber and coconuts, Sri Lanka boasts a progressive and modern industrial economy. The natural beauty of Sri Lanka's tropical forests, beaches and landscape, as well as its rich cultural heritage, make it a world famous tourist destination.work at home
After over two thousand years of rule by local kingdoms, parts of Sri Lanka were colonized by Portugal and the Netherlands beginning in the 16th century, before the control of the entire country was ceded to the British Empire in 1815. During World War II Sri Lanka served as an important base for Allied forces in the fight against the Japanese Empire.A nationalist political movement arose in the country in the early 20th century, with the aim of obtaining political independence, which was eventually granted by the British after peaceful negotiations in 1948. Since then Sri Lanka has enjoyed a stable democracy and continuous economic progress,despite the ongoing conflict with a separatist militant group known as the Tamil Tigers in northeastern parts of the country.
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