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Description flag of Sri Lanka

yellow with two panels; the smaller hoist-side panel has two equal vertical bands of green (hoist side) and orange; the other panel is a large dark red rectangle with a yellow lion holding a sword, and there is a yellow bo leaf in each corner; the yellow field appears as a border around the entire flag and extends between the two panels

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Official country name

Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

Short name

Sri Lanka

Local names

Shri Lamka Prajatantrika Samajaya di Janarajaya/Ilankai Jananayaka Choshalichak Kutiyarachu (long)
Shri Lamka/Ilankai (short)

Former name

Serendib, Ceylon

Nationality

Sri Lankan(s) (noun) Shri Lamka/Ilankai (adjective)

Languages spoken

Sinhala (official and national language) 74%, Tamil (national language) 18%, other 8%

Notes

English is commonly used in government and is spoken competently by about 10% of the population

Capital

Colombo

Government type

republic

Population

21,128,772 ranked 55, (data 2008)

Geography

strategic location near major Indian Ocean sea lanes. The lowest point is Indian Ocean 0 m.

Coastline

Coastline 1,340 km.

Land borders

0km,

Administrative divisions

8 provinces; Central, North Central, North Eastern, North Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern, Uva, Western
in October 2006, a Sri Lankan Supreme Court ruling voided a presidential directive merging the North and Eastern Provinces; many have defended the merger as a prerequisite for a negotiated settlement to the ethnic conflict; a parliamentary decision on the issue is pending

Independence

4 February 1948 (from UK)