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Sri Lanka is located on an island in the Indian Ocean, just off the southeastern coast of India. The capital city is Colombo.
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  • Population: 20,064,776
  • Land Area: 64,740 sq km
  • Capital City: Colombo
  • Languages: English,  Tamil,  Sinhala(official)
  • Religions: 70% Buddhist, 8% Christian, 7% Muslim, 15% Hindu
  • Government: republic
  • Date of independence: 2/4/1948
  • GDP: $80.58 billion (2004 est.)

These data are from the World Factbook


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