Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is in Southern Asia, with its capital at Colombo and an area of about 65,610 km². Explore its flag, anthem, population, GDP ranking, government, natural resources, provinces and major cities on an interactive 3D globe.
- Official name
- Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
- Capital
- Colombo
- Region
- Asia · Southern Asia
- Area
- 65,610 km²
- Languages
- Sinhala, Tamil
- Currencies
- Sri Lankan rupee (LKR)
- Natural resources
- limestone, graphite, mineral sands, gems, phosphates, clay, hydropower, arable land
- Industries
- processing of rubber, tea, coconuts, tobacco and other agricultural commodities; tourism; clothing and textiles; mining
- Main exports
- garments, tea, precious stones, used rubber tires, rubber products
First-level divisions (25)
- Anuradhapura
- Badulla
- Galle
- Kandy
- Ratnapura
- Trincomalee
- Ampara
- Batticaloa
- Colombo
- Gampaha
- Hambantota
- Jaffna
- Kalutara
- Kegalle
- Kilinochchi
- Kurunegala
- Mannar
- Matale
- Matara
- Monaragala
- Mullaitivu
- Nuwara Eliya
- Polonnaruwa
- Puttalam
- Vavuniya
Major cities
- Jaffna (population 250,000)
- Colombo (population 217,000)
- Moratuwa (population 200,000)
- Batticaloa (population 129,222)
- Anuradhapura (population 118,302)
- Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (population 115,826)
- Kandy (population 111,701)
- Trincomalee (population 108,420)
- Kilinochchi (population 103,717)
- Galle (population 99,478)
- Matara (population 68,244)
- Ratnapura (population 47,832)
- Badulla (population 47,587)
- Puttalam (population 45,661)