Some Info About Sri Lanka
Official name: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Coastline: 1,340km
Currency (code): Sri Lankan rupee (LKR)
Independence: 4th February 1948
Capital: Colombo
Languages: Sinhala (official and national language) 74%, Tamil (national language) 18%, other 8%
Note: English (a link language commonly) is used in government and spoken competently by about 10% of the population
Religion: Buddhist 69.1%, Muslim 7.6%, Hindu 7.1%, Christian 6.2%, unspecified 10% (2001 census)