Sri Lanka

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UN member state island country sovereign state

Sri Lanka is an island nation in the Indian Ocean known for its rich cultural heritage, diverse landscapes, and strategic location off the southern coast of India.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form Occurrences
Ceylon 60
Republic of Sri Lanka 6
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka 4
Sri Lankan 2
Lanka 1
Sri Lanka (historically and intermittently) 1
Sri Lankan government 1
island of Ceylon 1
island of Sri Lanka 1

Statements (66)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UN member state ⓘ
island country ⓘ
sovereign state ⓘ
becameRepublic 1972 ⓘ
borderedBySea Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Laccadive Sea ⓘ
callingCode +94 ⓘ
capital Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte ⓘ
climate tropical ⓘ
commercialCapital Colombo ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
currency Ceylon rupee ⓘ
surface form: Sri Lankan rupee
currencyCode LKR ⓘ
demonym Sri Lanka self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sri Lankan
drivesOn left ⓘ
ethnicGroup Tamil people ⓘ
surface form: Indian Tamils

Sinhalese ⓘ
Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ
Tamil people ⓘ
surface form: Sri Lankan Tamils
formerName Sri Lanka self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ceylon
governmentType unitary semi-presidential republic ⓘ
hasMountain Pidurutalagala ⓘ
hasRiver Mahaweli River ⓘ
hasWorldHeritageSite Ancient City of Polonnaruwa ⓘ
Ancient City of Sigiriya ⓘ
Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications ⓘ
Sacred City of Anuradhapura ⓘ
Kandy ⓘ
surface form: Sacred City of Kandy

Sinharaja Forest Reserve ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister of Sri Lanka ⓘ
headOfStateTitle President of Sri Lanka ⓘ
highestPoint Pidurutalagala ⓘ
independenceDate 1948-02-04 ⓘ
independenceFrom United Kingdom ⓘ
internetTLD .lk ⓘ
.இலங்கை ⓘ
.ලංකා ⓘ
ISO3166-1Alpha2 LK ⓘ
ISO3166-1Alpha3 LKA ⓘ
largestCity Colombo ⓘ
legislativeCapital Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte ⓘ
legislature Parliament of Ceylon ⓘ
surface form: Parliament of Sri Lanka
locatedIn Indian Ocean ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf India ⓘ
memberOf Commonwealth of Nations ⓘ
Non-Aligned Movement ⓘ
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
surface form: SAARC

United Nations ⓘ
nationalAnimal Asiatic lion ⓘ
surface form: Sri Lankan lion
nationalFlower blue water lily ⓘ
nationalSport volleyball ⓘ
nationalSymbol Asiatic lion ⓘ
surface form: Sri Lankan lion
officialLanguage Sinhala ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
popularSport cricket ⓘ
recognizedLanguage English ⓘ
region South Asia ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
religionMajority Buddhism ⓘ
separatedFrom India by Palk Strait ⓘ
strategicLocation major Indian Ocean sea lanes ⓘ
timeZone UTC+05:30 ⓘ
UNMembershipDate 1955-12-14 ⓘ

Referenced by (320)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Portuguese Empire → territory → Sri Lanka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ceylon
Dominion of Ceylon → todayPartOf → Sri Lanka ⓘ
Dutch Coromandel → tradedWith → Sri Lanka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ceylon
Colombo → transportHubFor → Sri Lanka ⓘ
Ibn Battuta → traveledTo → Sri Lanka ⓘ
Indian Standard Time → usedBy → Sri Lanka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sri Lanka (historically and intermittently)
Ceylon rupee → usedIn → Sri Lanka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ceylon
Ceylon rupee → usedIn → Sri Lanka ⓘ
Emblem of Ceylon → usedIn → Sri Lanka ⓘ
Sinhala → usedIn → Sri Lanka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sri Lankan government
Tamil script → usedIn → Sri Lanka ⓘ
Vatteluttu script → usedIn → Sri Lanka ⓘ
First Lady → usedInCountry → Sri Lanka ⓘ
Saraswati → veneratedIn → Sri Lanka ⓘ
Shakyamuni Buddha → veneratedIn → Sri Lanka ⓘ
Hanuman → worshippedIn → Sri Lanka ⓘ
Vishnu → worshippedIn → Sri Lanka ⓘ