Mother Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka - General Knowledge

I love my mother Sri Lanka.

Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

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·         Capital:    Sri Jayawardenapura-Kotte - 6°54′N 79°54′E

·         Largest city:    Colombo

·         National Tree:  Na Tree (Ironwood) "Mesua Nagassarium”

·         National Flower:  Nil Mahanel flower “Nympheae Stellata”

·         National Bird: Jungle Fowl

·         National Anthem: "Sri Lanka Matha" composed by late Mr. Ananda Samarakoon.

·         Ethnic groups (2001):

                                            ≈73.9% Sinhalese
                                            ≈12.6% Tamil
                                            ≈7.4% Moors
                                            ≈5.2% Indian Tamil
                                            ≈0.5% Others

·         Demonym:    Sri Lankan

·         Government:    Democratic Socialist Republic
 -     President    Mahinda Rajapaksa
 -     Prime Minister    D. M. Jayaratne

·         Independence:    from the United Kingdom 
 -     Dominion (Self rule)    February 4, 1948 
 -     Republic    May 22, 1972

·         Area:
 -     Total:    65,610 km2 (122nd)
                  25,332 sq mi 
 -     Water (%):  4.4

Population:
 -     2009 estimate    20,238,000[4] (53rd)

                                   " Janani janma boomishwara swargaraji gariyasie.....! "

      " We should love the mother who gave us the life and the land where we born....!" 

                                                               "Quoted from Sanskrit Language"