About Sri Lanka
Location: Indian Ocean
Size: 65,610 km²
Name of the country: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Capital city: Colombo (de facto), Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (de jure)
Form of government: Unitary presidential republic with
parliamentary democratic order
Residents: 21,9 Mio.
Official language: Sinhala, Tamil,
English is spoken by many people
Religion: Buddhism: 70,2%, Hinduism: 12,6%, Islam: 9,7%, Christianity: 7,4%
Currency: LKR (Srilankan Rupee)