{"id":4336,"date":"2012-04-26T06:14:24","date_gmt":"2012-04-26T06:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.generalknowledgetoday.com\/?p=4336"},"modified":"2012-04-26T06:14:24","modified_gmt":"2012-04-26T06:14:24","slug":"countries-and-facts-sri-lanka-at-glance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/?p=4336","title":{"rendered":"Countries and Facts-Sri Lanka at Glance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Capital<\/strong><\/td>\nSri Jayawardenapura Kotte
\n\"\"6\u00b054\u2032N 79\u00b054\u2032E<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Largest city<\/th>\nColombo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Official language(s)<\/th>\nSinhala
\nTamil<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Demonym<\/th>\nSri Lankan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Government<\/th>\nUnitary republic Democratic Socialist
\nSemi-presidential system<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0–<\/td>\nPresident<\/td>\nMahinda Rajapaksa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0–<\/td>\nPrime Minister<\/td>\nD. M. Jayaratne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0–<\/td>\nSpeaker of the House<\/td>\nChamal Rajapaksa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0–<\/td>\nChief Justice<\/td>\nDr. Shirani Bandaranayake<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Legislature<\/th>\nParliament<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Independence<\/th>\nfrom the United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0–<\/td>\nDominion (Self rule)<\/td>\n4 February 1948<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0–<\/td>\nRepublic<\/td>\n22 May 1972<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Area<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0–<\/td>\nTotal<\/td>\n65,610\u00a0km2<\/sup>\u00a0(122nd)
\n25,332\u00a0sq\u00a0mi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0–<\/td>\nWater\u00a0(%)<\/td>\n4.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Population<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0–<\/td>\n2010\u00a0estimate<\/td>\n20,238,000[3]<\/sup>\u00a0(56th)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0–<\/td>\nMid 2010\u00a0census<\/td>\n20,653,000[4]<\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0–<\/td>\nDensity<\/td>\n308.5\/km2<\/sup>\u00a0(44th)
\n798.9\/sq\u00a0mi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GDP<\/strong>\u00a0(PPP)<\/td>\n2011\u00a0estimate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0–<\/td>\nTotal<\/td>\n$116.541 billion[5]<\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0–<\/td>\nPer capita<\/td>\n$5,673[5]<\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GDP<\/strong> (nominal)<\/td>\n2011\u00a0estimate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0–<\/td>\nTotal<\/td>\n$59.095 billion[5]<\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0–<\/td>\nPer capita<\/td>\n$2,877[5]<\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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