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<div align="right">[[Image:Sri Lanka.jpg|250px|thumb|Buddah at Colombo submitted by Darksecretz]]</div>
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[[Image:Sri Lanka.JPG|250px|right|thumb|Wikipedia image; Main cities in Sri Lanka]]
 
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'''Languages'''  Sinhala, Tamil, English <br><br>
 
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'''Currency'''  Sri Lankan rupee<br><br>
 
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Situated in the Indian Ocean in south-central Asia, Sri Lanka was first populated by the Sinhalese people from north India. Known formerly as Ceylon, the Islands declared independence in 1948 and subsequently changed its name to Sri Lanka in 1972. The economy of the country is very much tourism based. Its attractions include the beautiful sandy beaches and the stunning mountain regions.
  
 
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~lkawgw/ Sri Lanka Genealogy Website]
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~lkawgw/ Sri Lanka Genealogy Website]
*[http://www.kindredtrails.com/sri_lanka.html Kindred trails Sri Lankan Genealogy]
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*[http://www.kindredtrails.com/sri_lanka.html Kindred Trails Sri Lankan Genealogy]
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*[http://www.lankalibrary.com/geo.html Sri Lanka History]
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*[http://users.bigpond.net.au/ceylondatabase/Map.html The International Ceylon Database]
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*[http://www.lankalibrary.com/cul.html Sri Lanka Ethnic Groups]
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*[http://www.ceylontamils.com/ Ceylon Tamils]
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Latest revision as of 11:45, 10 September 2022


Wikipedia image; Main cities in Sri Lanka

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Capital Colombo (commercial), Sri Jayawardenepura (administrative)

Languages Sinhala, Tamil, English

Currency Sri Lankan rupee

Situated in the Indian Ocean in south-central Asia, Sri Lanka was first populated by the Sinhalese people from north India. Known formerly as Ceylon, the Islands declared independence in 1948 and subsequently changed its name to Sri Lanka in 1972. The economy of the country is very much tourism based. Its attractions include the beautiful sandy beaches and the stunning mountain regions.






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