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Sri Lanka Country Data

Area: total: 65,610 sq km
land: 64,740 sq km
water: 870 sq km

Climate: tropical monsoon northeast monsoon [December to March] southwest monsoon [June to October]

Terrain: mostly low, flat to rolling plain mountains in south-central interior

Natural resources: limestone, graphite, mineral sands, gems, phosphates, clay, hydropower

Population: 21,128,773
note: since the outbreak of hostilities between the government and armed Tamil separatists in the mid-1980s, several hundred thousand Tamil civilians have fled the island and more than 200,000 Tamils have sought refuge in the West [July 2008 est.]

Age structure: 0-14 years: 24.1% [male 2,596,463/female 2,495,136]
15-64 years: 68% [male 7,019,446/female 7,340,809]
65 years and over: 7.9% [male 783,823/female 893,096] [2008 est.]

Nationality: noun: Sri Lankan[s]
adjective: Sri Lankan

Ethnic groups: Sinhalese 73.8%, Sri Lankan Moors 7.2%, Indian Tamil 4.6%, Sri Lankan Tamil 3.9%, other 0.5%, unspecified 10% [2001 census provisional data]

Languages: Sinhala [official and national language] 74%, Tamil [national language] 18%, other 8%
note: English is commonly used in government and is spoken competently by about 10% of the population

Capital: name: Colombo
geographic coordinates: 6 56 N, 79 51 E
time difference: UTC+5.5 [10.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time]
note: Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte [legislative capital]

National holiday: Independence Day, 4 February [1948]

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 16.5%
industry: 26.9%
services: 56.5% [2007 est.]

Labor force: 7.67 million [2007 est.]

Budget: revenues: $5.64 billion
expenditures: $7.77 billion [2007 est.]

Agriculture - products: rice, sugarcane, grains, pulses, oilseed, spices, tea, rubber, coconuts milk, eggs, hides, beef fish

Industries: processing of rubber, tea, coconuts, tobacco and other agricultural commodities telecommunications, insurance, banking clothing, textiles cement, petroleum refining

Exports: $8.139 billion f.o.b. [2007 est.]

Exports - commodities: textiles and apparel, tea and spices diamonds, emeralds, rubies coconut products, rubber manufactures, fish

Exports - partners: US 27.7%, UK 11.3%, India 9.3%, Belgium 4.8%, Germany 4% [2006]

Imports: $10.61 billion f.o.b. [2007 est.]

Imports - commodities: textile fabrics, mineral products, petroleum, foodstuffs, machinery and transportation equipment

Imports - partners: India 19.6%, China 10.5%, Singapore 8.8%, Iran 5.7%, Malaysia 5.1%, Hong Kong 4.2%, Japan 4.1% [2006]

Currency (code): Sri Lankan rupee [LKR]

Exchange rates: Sri Lankan rupees per US dollar - 110.78 [2007], 103.99 [2006], 100.498 [2005], 101.194 [2004], 96.521 [2003]

Airports: 18 [2007]

Railways: total: 1,449 km
broad gauge: 1,449 km 1.676-m gauge [2006]

Merchant marine: total: 24 ships [1000 GRT or over] 162,280 GRT/227,478 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 2, cargo 18, container 2, petroleum tanker 2
foreign-owned: 6 [Germany 6]
registered in other countries: 3 [Panama 3] [2007]

Ports and terminals: Colombo

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