{"id":13,"date":"2021-09-05T10:55:53","date_gmt":"2021-09-05T10:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alikamburoglu.com.tr\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2021-09-11T13:34:01","modified_gmt":"2021-09-11T13:34:01","slug":"sri-lanka-hakkinda","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alikamburoglu.com.tr\/en\/sri-lanka-hakkinda\/","title":{"rendered":"About Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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:<\/td>\nConventional form<\/td>\n:<\/td>\nDemocratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location<\/td>\n:<\/td>\nAn island off the south-eastern cost shores of India, 880 km north of the equator, in the Indian Ocean.\u00a0It locate between 5 \u00b0 55 \u2019and 9 \u00b0 50\u2019 North Latitude and between 79 \u00b0 31 \u2019and 81 \u00b0 53\u2019 East Longitude.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Dstance<\/td>\n:<\/td>\nArea<\/td>\n:<\/td>\n65,525 sq km<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\nCoastline<\/td>\n:<\/td>\n1,340 km<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Length (North to South)<\/td>\n

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225 km<\/p>\n

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433 km<\/div>\n

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Capital<\/p>\n

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:<\/td>\nSri Jayewardenepura Kotte<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Colombo<\/p>\n

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9 Provinces (Central, North Central, North Eastern, North Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern, Uva, Western, Eastern Province)<\/p>\n

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Government<\/p>\n

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Independence<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Sri Lanka is a free, independent and sovereign nation. A President, who is also elected by the people, exercises executive power.\u00a0 Legislative power is exercised by the Parliament, elected by universal franchise on proportional representation basis. Sri Lanka enjoys a multi-party system. In the Republic of Sri Lanka sovereignty is in the People and is inalienable. Sovereignty includes the powers of government, fundamental rights and the franchise<\/p>\n
4th\u00a0February 1948<\/div>\n
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Sri Lanka Standard Time is five and a half hours ahead of GMT.<\/div>\n
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230, 240 volts, 50 cycles AC. If you travel with a laptop computer bring a stabilizer<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Population<\/td>\n:<\/td>\n21.67 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Population Density (2019)<\/td>\n:<\/td>\n348 persons per sq.\u00a0km<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Literacy Rate (2018)<\/td>\n:<\/td>\nAverage: 92.5%, Male: 93.4%, Female: 91.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
languages<\/td>\n:<\/td>\nSinhala and Tamil are the official languages.\u00a0Widely English is spoken and understood.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Demography (2012 census report)<\/td>\n:<\/td>\nSinhalese (74.9%), Sri Lankan Tamils \u200b\u200b(11.2%), Indian Tamils \u200b\u200b(4.1%), Muslims (9.2%), Burgher (descendants of Dutch and Portuguese colonist) and others 0.5%.<\/p>\n

Buddhist constitutes 70.1%, Hindu 12.6%, Islam 9.7%, Roman Catholic 6.2% and Other Christian 1.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Climate<\/td>\n:<\/td>\nLow country – tropical, min.24.6 \u00b0 C – max.32.3 \u00b0 C and Hill country – cooler, min.\u00a018.4 \u00b0 C – max.\u00a027.6 \u00b0 C.\u00a0The south-west monsoon brings rain to the western, southern and central regions from May to July, While the north-eastern monsoon occurs in the north and east in December and January<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Highest mountain<\/td>\n:<\/td>\nPidurutalagala, 2,524m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Highest Waterfall<\/td>\n:<\/td>\nBambarakanda, 263m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Economy<\/td>\n:<\/td>\nIn 1977 Sri Lanka introduced open economy regime becoming the first South Asian country to start with open economy trade policy.\u00a0Sri Lanka\u2019s main exports items are Textiles & Garments, Rubber products, Tea, Spices, Fisheries products, Coconut based products, Gems & Precious Stones.\u00a0Sri Lanka\u2019s main imports are food products, refined petroleum & crude oil, Machinery & Mechanical appliances, vehicles & parts, Iron & Steel, Fabrics etc.<\/p>\n

Sri Lanka entered into Free & Preferential Trade Agreements with India, Pakistan, Singapore & member of Regional Trade Arrangements such as Asia Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA), SAARC Preferential Trading Arrangement (SAPTA) and South Asia Free Trade Area (SAFTA).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Labor force<\/td>\n:<\/td>\n25.3% of the labor population is employed in agriculture, 27.6% in industry and 47.1% in services: 40.4% (2019-Central bank report.) The unemployment rate is 4.4% (2018 est.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Currency<\/p>\n

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Sri Lanka Rupees<\/p>\n

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Rs 20 Note: Front of the note<\/p>\n

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Coins in circulation<\/p>\n

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New Series of Circulation Coins – 2017<\/h2>\n

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Visa<\/td>\n:<\/td>\nPlease refer\u00a0www.immigration.gov.lk<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0www.eta.gov.lk<\/a>\u00a0websites or Consult local Sri Lankan embassy, \u200b\u200bconsulate, tourist office or your travel agent for detailed information.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Working Week<\/td>\n:<\/td>\nSri Lanka works a five-day week, from Monday to Friday.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Business Hours<\/td>\n:<\/td>\nGovernment offices 8.30 am – 4.15 pm, from Monday to Friday.\u00a0Private Sector: 9.00 am -5 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cultural Heritage<\/td>\n:<\/td>\nSri Lanka\u2019s cultural depth is recognized by UNESCO, which has declared six archaeological World Heritage Sites in the country<\/p>\n

The sacred city of Anuradhapura<\/p>\n

The ancient city of Polonnaruwa<\/p>\n

The golden temple of Dambulla<\/p>\n

The ancient city of Sigiriya<\/p>\n

The sacred city of Kandy<\/p>\n

The old town of Galle and its fortifications<\/p>\n

(The seventh World Heritage Site in Sri Lanka is an ecological<\/p>\n

example, The Sinharaja Forest Reserve.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Important websites<\/td>\n:<\/td>\nhttps:\/\/mfa.gov.lk\/<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0(Foreign Ministry of Sri Lanka)<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.tourismmin.gov.lk\/<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0(Ministry of Tourism of Sri Lanka)<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.srilankateaboard.lk\/<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0(Sri Lanka tea board)<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.immigration.gov.lk\/<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0(Department of Immigration and Emigration of Sri Lanka)<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/investsrilanka.com\/<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0(Board of Investment of Sri Lanka)<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.drc.gov.lk\/intro\/<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0(Department of the Registrar of the Companies)<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.drc.gov.lk\/intro\/<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0(Sri Lanka Export Development Board)<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.cbsl.gov.lk\/<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0(The Cantal Bank of Sri Lanka)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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