| Asia > Southern Asia > Sri Lanka | |
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| Official Name Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka | |
| Region Asia | |
| Sub-Region Southern Asia | |
| Capital Colombo | |
| Currency Sri Lanka Rupee (LKR) | |
| Independence Day 4 Feb 1948: Independence from the United Kingdom in 1948. | |
| Population 20,277,597 | |
| Nationality Sri Lankan | |
| Ethnic Group 74.9% Sinhalese, 11.2% Sri Lankan Tamils, 9.2% Sri Lankan Moors, 4.2% Indian Tamils, 0.5% other | |
| Area 65,610 km2 | |
| Neighbor Countries India | |
| Time Zone SLST (UTC+5:30) | |
| Geo Location Latitude 7.00, Longitude 81.00 | |
| Dialing Code +94 | |
| ISO 9166 alpha 2 code LK | |
| ISO 9166 alpha 3 code LKA | |
| ISO 9166 numeric 3 code 144 | |
| Code for International Olympic Committee SRI | |
| Country Domain (ccTLD) .lk | |