General Information

Introduction


Sri Lanka (Ceylon), is a small island in the Indian ocean of 65,000 square kilometers. Despite being so small the country has a wide range of geographic features and is rich in natural beauty.

Large parts of Sri Lanka is covered in tropical forests, with hundreds of rivers flowing through them, often cascading in awesome waterfalls.

It's easy to go on and on about the natural beauty of Sri Lanka, this is not the place for it but the travel page is!


Climate

The southern and western regions have only two seasons, wet and wetter. Despite being a tropical island some parts of the country can almost be mistaken for deserts. Other regions experience rainy and dry seasons. The dry zone looks really wonderful just as the rains start to ease.


People

Most of the The country's 18.5 million population speak Sinhala, Tamil or English. Sinhala is the most widely spoken language and the Sinhala people make up the largest ethnic group. Interestingly this language is not spoken anywhere else in the world, other than by a few traders in Chennai India!.

A good twenty percent of the population lives in the westen province which is the home of capital Colombo. (Strictly speaking Sri Jayawardanapura is the political capital of Sri Lanka and Colombo the Commercial center. But Sri Jayawardanapura is a miniature city within Colombo)


Business and Economy


The economy though battered and bruised by decades of mismanagement is finally showing signs of recovery. Each new government seems to manage the economy worse than the previous one. Thankfully the trend seems to have been changed the last time around.


Location



But you are probably starting to wonder where's this place anyway?.
Why not make a guess try out the Geography Quiz and see if you can click on Sri Lanka on the world map.

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