Brief Introduction Capital: Colombo Area: total: 65610sq km The important Festival: National day: February 4 Population: 19,010,000 Language: Sinhala (official and national language) 74%, Tamil (national language) 18%, other 8%. Currency: LKR

Sri Lanka

Geography

Southern Asia, island in the Indian Ocean, south of India.

Administrative divisions

8 provinces; Central, North Central, North Eastern, North Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern, Uva, Western.

Economy – overview

Sri Lanka's most dynamic sectors now are food processing, textiles and apparel, food and beverages, telecommunications, and insurance and banking.

Culture and media

Newspaper:

Aratuwa, Daily Mirror, Lankadeepa Sinhala, Sunday Leader, Sunday Observer , Sunday Times, Tamil Eelam News