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Sri Lanka is an island with 65,525sq.km Land area. It is in the Indian Ocean. Maximum Length of Sri Lanka is 432km & Maximum Breadth is 224km.It lies between 6⁰ and 10⁰ North Latitude and between the Eastern longitudes 80⁰ and 82⁰

Sri Lanka allocated 9 Provinces with 25 Districts.

v Population

Nearly 20 Million live in Sri Lanka.74% Sinhalese, 18% Tamils, 7% Moors and 1% Others. Literacy rate average 91% one of the highest in Asian countries.

v Religion (%)

Nearly 69% Buddhism, 15% Hinduism 8% Christianity and 7% Islam People live in
Sri Lanka.
             
v Climate
Cosy and elegant year around. Average temperature 27⁰ C in Colombo.In the Lowland 10⁰ at Hill Country (Altitude 1800m). The island has two wet seasons between May & July in the south-west and December – January in the north-east.Climatically Sri Lanka has no off season .During the wet season Bright sunny warm days are the rule and common.

v Time

Standard time is 5 ½ hours ahead of Greenwich.

v Water

Available Filtered & mineral waters as well as bottled drinking water. But the most popular drink is a hot cup of tea, and of course the Orange king coconut is a popular thirst quencher.