Mention any three significant points of sri lanka which makes it different from other in south asia 2th
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Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
ශ්රී ලංකා ප්රජාතාන්ත්රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජය (Sinhalese)
Srī Lankā prajātāntrika samājavādī janarajaya
இலங்கை ஜனநாயக சோசலிச குடியரசு (Tamil)
Ilaṅkai jaṉanāyaka sōsalisa kuṭiyarasu
Flag of Sri Lanka
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Emblem
Anthem: "Sri Lanka Matha"
(English: "Mother Sri Lanka")
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Location of Sri Lanka
Location of Sri Lanka
Capital Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
(Administrative)
Colombo (Commercial)
6°56′N 79°52′E
Largest city Colombo
Official languages Sinhala
Tamil[1]
Recognised languages English
Ethnic groups (2012[2]) 74.9% Sinhalese
11.2% Sri Lankan Tamils
9.2% Sri Lankan Moors
4.2% Indian Tamils
0.5% Others (incl. Burghers, Malays, Veddas, Chinese, Africans)
Religion 70.2% Buddhism
12.6% Hinduism
9.7% Islam
7.4% Christianity
0.1% Other/None
Demonym(s) Sri Lankan
Government Unitary semi-presidential constitutional republic
• President
Maithripala Sirisena
• Prime Minister
Ranil Wickremesinghe
• Speaker of the Parliament
Karu Jayasuriya
• Chief Justice
Nalin Perera
Legislature Parliament
Independence from the United Kingdom
• Dominion
4 February 1948
• Republic
22 May 1972
• Current constitution
7 September 1978
Area
• Total
65,610 km2 (25,330 sq mi) (120th)
• Water (%)
4.4
Population
• 2018 estimate
21,670,000[3] (57th)
• 2012 census
20,277,597[4] (57th)
• Density
327/km2 (846.9/sq mi) (43rd)
GDP (PPP) 2019 estimate
• Total
$319.791 billion[5]
• Per capita
$14,743.833[6]
GDP (nominal) 2019 estimate
• Total
$98.04 billion[7]
• Per capita
$4,470[8]
Gini (2016) 39.8[9]
medium
HDI (2017) Increase 0.770[10]
high · 76th
Currency Sri Lankan rupee (LKR)
Time zone UTC+5:30 (SLST)
Date format
dd-mm-yyyy
yyyy-mm-dd
Driving side left
Calling code +94
ISO 3166 code LK
Internet TLD
.lk.ලංකා.இலங்கை
Website
www.gov.lk
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Sri Lanka (UK: /sri ˈlæŋkə, ʃriː -/, US: /- ˈlɑːŋkə/ (About this soundlisten);[11][12] Sinhalese: ශ්රී ලංකා Śrī Laṃkā; Tamil: இலங்கை Ilaṅkai), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean to the southwest of the Bay of Bengal and to the southeast of the Arabian Sea. The island is historically and culturally intertwined with the Indian subcontinent, but is geographically separated from the Indian subcontinent by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait. The legislative capital, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, is a suburb of the commercial capital and largest city, Colombo.
Sri Lanka's documented history spans 3,000 years, with evidence of pre-historic human settlements dating back to at least 125,000 years.[13] It has a rich cultural heritage and the first known Buddhist writings of Sri Lanka, the Pāli Canon, date back to the Fourth Buddhist council in 29 BC.[14][15] Its geographic location and deep harbours made it of great strategic importance from the time of the ancient Silk Road through to the modern Maritime Silk Road.[16][17][18]
Sri Lanka was known from the beginning of British colonial rule as Ceylon (/sɪˈlɒn/, US also /seɪˈlɒn/). A nationalist political movement arose in the country in the early 20th century to obtain political independence, which was granted in 1948; the country became a republic and adopted its current name in 1972. Sri Lanka's recent history has been marred by a 30-year civil war, which decisively ended when the Sri Lanka Armed Forces defeated the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in 2009.[19]