Sri Lanka Fact
Country name : Short form conventional - Sri lanka
Long form conventional - Democratic Socialist
Republic of Sri Lanka
Former name - Ceylon
Ancient
names - Zeylon, Seylon and
etc.....
National
Flower : The
(Blue
Lotus) “Nil Manel” was declare the
National
Flower of Sri lanka on 26th February 1986.
National Flag : The national flag of Sri lanka ia an improvisation of the
civil standard of the last king of Sri lanka Sri Wickrama Rajasingha.
National Tree : The “Naa Tree” Botanically known as “Meuse Nagassarium"
was adopted as the national tree of Sri lanka.
National Bird : Roosts high in trees at nights. Fly’s up to tree branches
when threatened and its nest’s are hidden, scraped place on the
ground or on a pile of vegetation just off the ground, and also
Sinharaja is a very good site to watch Sri lanka jungle fowl.
Capital
: Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte.
Former Capital
: Colombo
Commercial Capital
: Colombo
Largest City
: Colombo
Size : land - 64,739 sq km
Water - 871 sq km
Coastal Line - 1,340 km
Total Area - 65,610 sq km
Population : 0-14 Years - 25.20 %
15-64 Years - 67.90%
65+ - 6.98%
Total - 19,742,439
Official Languages : Sinhala, and Tamil is widely spoken throughout Sri lanka.
Ethnic Mix : Sinhalese - 72%
Tamil - 16%
Muslim - 11%
Others - 1%
Time : GMT + 6 Hours.
Here is Geographical view of Sri Lanka
