Sri Lanka
Basic Information
Official name: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Native name: ශ්රී ලංකාව
Population: 21,763,170
Area: 65,610 km²
Region: Asia
Sub Region: Southern Asia
Capital: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Coordinates: 7°, 81°
Landlocked: No
Political & Administrative
UN Member: Yes
Independent: Yes
Status: officially-assigned
ISO Code (Alpha-2): LK
ISO Code (Alpha-3): LKA
Olympic Code: SRI
FIFA Code: SRI
Top level domain: .lk, .இலங்கை, .ලංකා
Start of week: monday
Currencies
Sri Lankan rupee (Rs රු) - LKR
Languages
Sinhala (sin)Tamil (tam)
Timezones
UTC+05:30
Continents
Asia
Demonyms
eng: Sri Lankan/Sri Lankanfra: Sri-lankais/Sri-lankaise
GINI Index
2016: 39.3
Driving
Side: leftSign: CL
International Dialing
+94
Coat of Arms
