SRI LANKA is formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian peninsula by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait.

Total Extent: 65,612 square kilometers / Length: from North to South – 434 kms / Width – from West to East – 227 kms

Commercial Capital: Colombo

Administrative Capital: Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte

Currency: Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR)

Population: 22 Million

Languages: Sinhala, Tamil, English

Religions: Buddhism, Hindu, Islam, Christian

Ethnicities: Sinhalese, Tamils, Sri Lankan Moors, Burghers, Malays, Indigenous

History: Formation during Triassic period (300-200 million years ago and remains as a part of the southern continent (Godwana). Being connected to India till about 5000 BC and now thriving as an island which only 29 kilometers off to the south-eastern coast of India.