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SRI LANKA FACT FILE
 Size : 62,705 sq. Kms (http://http://www.srilankatourism.org)
Location : 880 Kms North of the
equator, off the Southern tip of India.
Geography : Excluding Inland Water - 62,336 sq Kms.
Highest Water Fall – Bambarakanda -
241 metres
Highest Peak - Piduruthalagala - 2524
metres
Longest River - Mahaweli - 335kms.
Capital : Sri
Jayawardenapura (http://www.statistics.gov.lk)
Commercial
Capital : Colombo (http://www.gov.lk)
National Day: February, 04
Administrative
Units : 9 Provinces,
25
Districts,
256
AGA Divisions,
160 Electroates
Climate : Temperature (Mean annual) 270c
in the Lowland, 150c at Nuwaraeliya (Altitude 1800m)
Relative Humidity varies from 70% during the Day to 90% at Night.
Rain Fall (annual) 2500mm to over in South West of the Island
Less than 1250mm in North West and South East of the Island.
Rainy Seasons ; South West Monsoon - (May to August)
North East Monsoon - (November to February)
Total
Population: 19.252
million (Male - 48% / Female - 51.9%)
Density per sq.Km.- 309 persons
Growth rate - 1.3% persons
Languages : Sinhala; Tamil; English
Ethnic
Groups : Sinhalese - 74%;
Sri
Lankan Tamils - 12.6%;
Indian
Tamils - 5.5%
Moors - 7.1%;
Others - 0.8% (http://www.peaceinsrilanka.org)
Literacy
rate : Total - 92.5% Male - 94.1% Female -
90.9%
Life
expectancy at birth : 73 Years Male 68 Years; Female - 75
Years
Educational
Attainment : No Schooling - 8.0%; Primary - 30.2%;
Secondary - 37.2%; Tertiary - 23.9%
Total
of Schools : 10,475 (Government - 9790; Private -
85; Pirivenas - 600)
Total
Fertility Rate (TFR) : 02 children per women
Contraceptive
prevalence Rate (CPR) : 15-49 years 70.8 per cent
CPR
modern methods : 49.5 per cent CPR Traditional
methods: 21.3 per cent
Maternal
Mortality Ratio : 23/100,000 live births
Infant Mortality Rate: 19/1,000 live births
HIV/AIDS
Positives Cases : 547 Abortion: 1,250 per day
Number
of Persons are living with HIV
: 3,500
Communications:
10 TV channels; 01 Cable TV, 31 Radio channels; Newspapers: 12 dailies
and 81 weeklies/ ssssssssssssssssssssssMonthly
(http://www.environmentaljournalists.lk)
Internet
Service providers : 11 (http://www.lanka.net) Internet Users: 39,750
Electricity : 220-240Volts (http://www.ceb.lk)
Currency : 108 SL Rupees = US$ 1
165 SL Rupees = EURO 1 (http://www.lanka.net/centralbank)
Annual
per capita income : US$ 894 Credit Cards:
437,506
Forest
Cover :
29.3%
Water
Falls :
382 (http://www.srilankanwaterfalls.net)
Access
to safe drinking water : Urban - 82% ; Rural - 35%
Agriculture :
The main food crops grown are
rice, maize, sorghum and pulses.
The main cash crops grown for export are tea, rubber sugar cane.
Major
exports : Garments, Gemstones, Tea, Rubber,
Coconut and Textiles
Annual
GDP per person : $ 5,456
Labour
Force : Agriculture - 33%; Industry &
commerce - 23%; Services & Others - 44%
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