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Sri Lanka Topographic

Country (long form)	Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Capital	Colombo note: Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte is the legislative capital
Total Area	25,332.16 sq mi 65,610.00 sq km (slightly larger than West Virginia)
Population	19,408,635 (July 2001 est.) note: since the outbreak of hostilities between the government and armed Tamil separatists in the mid-1980s, several hundred thousand Tamil civilians have fled the island; as of mid-1999, approximately 66,000 were housed in 133 refugee camps in south India, another 40,000 lived outside the Indian camps, and more than 200,000 Tamils have sought refuge in the West
Estimated Population in 2050	23,085,782
Languages	Sinhala (official and national language) 74%, Tamil (national language) 18%, other 8% note: English is commonly used in government and is spoken competently by about 10% of the population
Literacy	90.2% total, 93.4% male, 87.2% female (1995 est.)
Religions	Buddhist 70%, Hindu 15%, Christian 8%, Muslim 7% (1999)
Life Expectancy	69.58 male, 74.73 female (2001 est.)
Government Type	republic
Currency	1 Sri Lankan rupee (SLRe) = 100 cents
GDP (per capita)	$3,250 (2000 est.)
Industry	processing of rubber, tea, coconuts, and other agricultural commodities; clothing, cement, petroleum refining, textiles, tobacco
Agriculture	rice, sugarcane, grains, pulses, oilseed, spices, tea, rubber, coconuts; milk, eggs, hides, beef
Arable Land	14%
Natural Resources	limestone, graphite, mineral sands, gems, phosphates, clay, hydropower