Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, formerly known as Ceylon, is an island in the Indian Ocean, just south of India. It is known for its natural beauty, with stunning beaches all along its coastline, great wildlife and biodiversity, tea plantations, orchards, temples, monuments, and a cultural heritage dating back several millennia.
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Colombo and Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte.
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte is the capital city of Sri Lanka.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Western Province and Southern Province.
Western Province
Western Sri Lanka is a province in Sri Lanka.
Southern Province
The Southern Province of Sri Lanka is one of the nine…
Central Province
The Central Province is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka.
Northern Province
The Northern Province is in Sri Lanka.
North Central Province
North Central is the largest province in Sri Lanka.
Eastern Province
The Eastern Province is one of the nine provinces…
North Western Province
North Western Province is a province in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka
- Country with about 21,400,000 residents
- …has Colombo as its capital
- …uses the Rupee (LKR)
- …has the phone code 94
- …uses the internet domain .lk
- …covers 65,610 km² (25,332 miles²)
- Description: island country in South Asia
- Also known as“ce”“Ceylan”“Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka”“Dominion of Ceylon”“Lanka, Sri”“lk”“lke”“Serendib”“SRI”“Sri Lankā Janarajaya”“Taprobane”“ශ්රී ලංකාව இலங்கை”
- LanguagesSinhalaTamilEnglish
- Neighbors: India
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Latitude of center
7.63° or 7° 37′ 48″ north
Longitude of center
80.72° or 80° 43′ 12″ east
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In Other Languages
From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Sri Lanka” goes by many names.
Шри-ЛанкаAbkhazian
SrilankaAchinese
Sri LankaAfrikaans
Sri LankaAkan
Sri LankaAlbanian
Sri-LankëAlbanian
ሲሪላንካAmharic
ሽሪ ላንካAmharic
Sri lankaAmis
श्रीलंकाAngika
جمهورية سريلنكا الاشتراكية الديمقراطيةArabic
سري لانكاArabic
سري لنكاArabic
Sri LankaAragonese
Շրի ԼանկաArmenian
Sri LankaArpitan
শ্রীলংকাAssamese
শ্ৰীলংকাAssamese
শ্ৰীলঙ্কাAssamese
Sri LankaAsturian
Sri lankaAtayal
श्रीलंकाAwadhi
Şri-LankaAzerbaijani
Sri LankaBalinese
SirilankaBambara
Шри-ЛанкаBashkir
Sri LankaBasque
Sri LankaBavarian
ЦэйлонBelarusian
Шры-ЛанкаBelarusian
শ্রীলঙ্কাBengali
SélongBetawi
श्री लंकाBhojpuri
শ্রীলঙ্কাBishnupriya
Šri LankaBosnian
SelanBreton
Sri LankaBreton
Sri LankaBuginese
Демократична социалистическа република Шри ЛанкаBulgarian
ЦейлонBulgarian
Шри ЛанкаBulgarian
သီရိလင်္ကာBurmese
သီရိလင်္ကာနိုင်ငံBurmese
CeilàCatalan
CeylàCatalan
República socialista democràtica de Sri LankaCatalan
Sri LankaCatalan
EsrilangkaCebuano
Sri LankaCebuano
Sri LankaCentral Bikol
سریلانکاCentral Kurdish
Sri LankaChavacano
Шри-ЛанкаChechen
斯國Chinese
斯里兰卡Chinese
斯里兰卡 / 斯里蘭卡Chinese
斯里蘭卡Chinese
锡兰Chinese
Шри-ЛанкаChuvash
Shri LankaCornish
Sri LankaCorsican
Şri LankaCrimean Tatar
Šri LankaCroatian
CejlonCzech
Šrí LankaCzech
Srílanská demokratická socialistická republikaCzech
Sri LankaDagbani
Sri LankaDanish
އޮޅުދޫކަރަDhivehi
Sri LankaDimli (individual language)
श्रीलंकाDotyali
Democratische Socialistische Republiek Sri LankaDutch
Sri LankaDutch
ཤྲི་ལངྐ།Dzongkha
ཤྲཱི་ལང་ཀDzongkha
Шри-ЛанкаEastern Mari
سريلانكاEgyptian Arabic
CejlonoEsperanto
Demokratia Socialisma Respubliko SrilankoEsperanto
Sri-LankoEsperanto
Sri LankaEstonian
Sri Lanka Demokraatlik Sotsialistlik VabariikEstonian
Sri Lanka nutomeEwe
Sri LankaExtremaduran
Sri LankaFaroese
Sri LankaFiji Hindi
Sri LankaFinnish
Sri Lankan demokraattinen sosialistinen tasavaltaFinnish
Siri LankaFulah
SirlankaFulah
Şri-LankaGagauz
Sri LankaGalician
SirilankaGanda
შრი-ლანკაGeorgian
Sri LankaGhanaian Pidgin English
سريلانکاGilaki
Sri LankaGoan Konkani
श्री लंकाGoan Konkani
𐍃𐍂𐌹-𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌺𐌰Gothic
Σρι ΛάνκαGreek
SeilãuGuarani
Sri LankaGuianese Creole French
લંકાGujarati
શ્રીલંકાGujarati
સિલોનGujarati
SrilankaHaitian
Sri LankaHakka Chinese
Siri LankaHausa
Sri LankaHausa
SililanakaHawaiian
סרי לנקהHebrew
EsrilangkaHiligaynon
SirilangkaHiligaynon
श्री लंकाHindi
श्री लङ्काHindi
सीलोनHindi
Srí LankaHungarian
Srí Lanka-i Demokratikus Szocialista KöztársaságHungarian
Srí LankaIcelandic
Sri LankaIdo
Sri LankaIgbo
Sri LankaIloko
Sri LankaInari Sami
Sri Lanka demokratlâš sosialistlâš täsiväldiInari Sami
Sri LangkaIndonesian
Sri LankaIndonesian
Sri LankaInterlingua
Sri LankaInterlingue
Srí LancaIrish
Repubblica Democratica Socialista dello Sri LankaItalian
Sri LankaItalian
SrilancaItalian
Sri LangkaJamaican Creole English
スリ・ランカJapanese
スリ・ランカ民主社会主義共和国Japanese
セイロンJapanese
師子国Japanese
錫Japanese
CèylonJavanese
Sri LankaJavanese
SriilankaKabiyè
Sri LankaKabyle
Sri LankaKadazan Dusun
Sri LankaKalaallisut
Сриланкудин Улс ОрнKalmyk
ಶ್ರೀಲಂಕಾKannada
Shri-LankaKara-Kalpak
Shri-Lanka Demokratiyalıq Socialistlik RespublikasıKara-Kalpak
SRIKara-Kalpak
ЦейлонKara-Kalpak
Шри-ЛанкаKara-Kalpak
Шри-Ланка Демократиялық Социалистлик РеспубликасыKara-Kalpak
ЦейлонKarachay-Balkar
Шри-ЛанкаKarachay-Balkar
سِریٖلَنکاKashmiri
Sri LankaKashubian
Шри-ЛанкаKazakh
ស្រីលង្កាKhmer
SirilankaKikuyu
Sri LankaKikuyu
EsrilëngkaKinaray-A
SeylanKinaray-A
SirilëngkaKinaray-A
Siri LankaKinyarwanda
Шри-ЛанкаKirghiz
Sri LankaKomering
Шри-ЛанкаKomi
Sri LankaKongo
스리랑카Korean
Srî LankaKurdish
Sri LankaLadin
Sri LankaLadino
ສີລັງກາLao
ປະເທດສີລັງກາLao
SrilancaLatin
TaprobaneLatin
ŠrilankaLatvian
Шри-ЛанкаLezghian
Sri LankaLigurian
Sri LankaLimburgan
SirilankaLingala
Sri LankaLingala
SrilancaLingua Franca Nova
斯里蘭卡Literary Chinese
Šri LankaLithuanian
Sri LankaLivvi
Sri LankaLombard
Sri LankaLow German
Sri LankaLower Sorbian
SirilankaLuba-Katanga
Sri LankaLuxembourgish
Демократска Социјалистичка Република Шри ЛанкаMacedonian
Шри ЛанкаMacedonian
श्रीलङ्काMagahi
श्रीलंकाMaithili
श्रीलङ्काMaithili
Sri LankaMalagasy
Seri LangkaMalay
Sri LankaMalay
سري لڠکاMalay
ഇലങ്കൈMalayalam
ശ്രീലങ്കMalayalam
is-Sri LankaMaltese
Repubblika Demokratika Soċjalista tas-Sri LankaMaltese
Sri LankaMaltese
ꯁ꯭ꯔꯤ ꯂꯪꯀꯥManipuri
SeeloinManx
ShreelankeyManx
Sri LankaManx
HīrakaMaori
Hiri RānakaMaori
HīroniMaori
श्रीलंकाMarathi
سری لانکاMazanderani
Sri LankaMin Dong Chinese
Sri LankaMin Nan Chinese
SarilangkaMinangkabau
შეი-ლანკაშ დემოკრატიულ-სოციალიატურ რესპუბლიკაMingrelian
შრი-ლანკაMingrelian
ცეილონიMingrelian
သဳရိလင်္ကာMon
Шри-ЛанкаMongolian
سري لانكاMoroccan Arabic
Sri LankaNauru
Naakaii Dootłʼizhí Bikéyah Dah NaaʼeełígííNavajo
लोकतान्त्रिक समाजवादी गणतन्त्र श्रीलङ्काNepali
श्रीलंकाNepali
श्रीलङ्काNepali
श्रीलङ्काNewari
Sri LankaNorth Ndebele
Sri LankaNorthern Frisian
Sri LankaNorthern Sami
Sri Lanka demokráhtalaš sosialisttalaš dásseváldiNorthern Sami
Sri LankaNorwegian
Den demokratisk sosialistiske republikken Sri LankaNorwegian Bokmål
Sri LankaNorwegian Bokmål
Sri LankaNorwegian Nynorsk
Sri LankaNovial
Siri LankaObolo
Sri LankaOccitan (post 1500)
DéprobaneOld English (ca. 450-1100)
TāprabaneOld English (ca. 450-1100)
ଶ୍ରୀଲଙ୍କାOriya
ସିଲୋନOriya
SirilaankaaOromo
Шри-ЛанкаOssetian
သီရိလင်ႏကာႏခမ်းထီPa'o Karen
Lanka-dīpaPali
श्रीलङ्काPali
EsrilangkâPampanga
SirilangkâPampanga
ਸ੍ਰੀ ਲੰਕਾPanjabi
Sri LankaPapiamento
Sri LankaPedi
سریلانکاPersian
سریلنکاPersian
Sri LankaPicard
Sri LankaPiemontese
Sri LankaPitcairn-Norfolk
Sri LankaPolish
سريلانکاPushto
سريلنکاPushto
سریلانکاPushto
Sri LankaQuechua
Sri LankaRomanian
Sri LankaRomansh
SirilankaRundi
Шри ЛанкаRussia Buriat
Sri LankaRussian
Демократическая Социалистическая Республика Шри-ЛанкаRussian
ЛанкийцыRussian
ЦейлонRussian
Шри-ЛанкаRussian
Срі ЛанкаRusyn
Шрі ЛанкаRusyn
Sri LankaSakizaya
Siri LakaSamoan
Sri LankaSamoan
Šri LankaSamogitian
Sirî-LankaSango
LankaSanskrit
Lanka-dvīpaSanskrit
Sīhala-dvīpaSanskrit
TāmaraparnīSanskrit
श्रीलङ्काSanskrit
ᱥᱨᱤᱞᱚᱝᱠᱟSantali
Sri LankaSardinian
Sri LankaScots
Sri LancaScottish Gaelic
Šri LankaSerbian
Шри ЛанкаSerbian
Šri LankaSerbo-Croatian
မိူင်းသီႇရိလင်းၵႃShan
Sri LankaShona
Sri LankaSicilian
Sri LankaSilesian
سري لنڪاSindhi
LankāvaSinhala
Prajatantravadi Samajavadi Janarajaya Sri LankaSinhala
ලංකාවSinhala
ශ්රී ලංකා ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදී සමාජවාදී ජනරජයSinhala
ශ්රී ලංකාවSinhala
Sri LankaSkolt Sami
Sri Lanka demokraattlaž sosialiistlaž tääʹssväʹlddSkolt Sami
Srí LankaSlovak
Srílanská demokratická socialistická republikaSlovak
CejlonSlovenian
Demokratična socialistična republika ŠrilankaSlovenian
Šri LankaSlovenian
Siri LankaSomali
SirilaankaSomali
سری لانکاSouth Azerbaijani
ⵙⵔⵉ ⵍⴰⵏⴽⴰStandard Moroccan Tamazight
Sri LangkaSundanese
Sri LankaSwahili
Siri LankaSwati
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri LankaSwedish
Demokratiska socialistiska republiken Sri LankaSwedish
Sri LankaSwedish
Sri LankaSwiss German
ꠍꠤꠞꠤ ꠟꠋꠇꠣSylheti
EsrilangkaTagalog
Sri LankaTagalog
Шри-ЛанкаTajik
Šri-LankəTalysh
Ilankaic Cananayaka Cocalicak KutiyarcuTamil
இலங்கைTamil
இலங்கை சனநாயக சோசலிசக் குடியரசுTamil
இலங்கை சனநாயக சோஷலிசக் குடியரசுTamil
ஈழம்Tamil
சிலோன்Tamil
Sri LankaTaroko
Шри-ЛанкаTatar
శ్రీలంకTelugu
SrilankaTetum
ประเทศศรีลังกาThai
ศรีลังกาThai
สาธารณรัฐสังคมนิยมประชาธิปไตยศรีลังกาThai
ཤྲཱི་ལངྐ་།Tibetan
སེང་ག་གླིང་།Tibetan
ሲሪላንካTigrinya
Sri LankaTok Pisin
SīlangikāTonga (Tonga Islands)
ಶ್ರೀಲಂಕಾTulu
Sri LankaTumbuka
سريلانكاTunisian Arabic
Sri LankaTurkish
Şri-LankaTurkmen
Шри-ЛанкаUdmurt
سرىلانكاUighur
سىرىلانكاUighur
ЦейлонUkrainian
Шрі ЛанкаUkrainian
Sri LankaUpper Sorbian
سری لنکاUrdu
Shri‑LankaUzbek
Sri LankaVenetian
SrilancaVenetian
ŠrilankVeps
Sri LankaVietnamese
Tích LanVietnamese
Xri Lan-caVietnamese
Xri Lan-ca (Sri Lanka)Vietnamese
Sri LankaVlaams
Shri LankaVlax Romani
Sri-LankänVolapük
Sri LankaVõro
Sri LankaWaray (Philippines)
Sri LancaWelsh
Sri LankaWelsh
Սրի ԼանքաWestern Armenian
Sri LankaWestern Frisian
Sry LankaWestern Frisian
سری لنکاWestern Panjabi
Siri LaankaWolof
Siri LànkaWolof
斯里兰卡Wu Chinese
Сри ЛанкаYakut
Шри ЛанкаYakut
דעמאָקראַטישע סאָציאַליסטישע רעפּובליק פֿון שרילאַנקעYiddish
סרי־לאַנקאַYiddish
Siri LankaYoruba
Sri LankaYoruba
斯里蘭卡Yue Chinese
Sri LankaZeeuws
Sri LankaZhuang
i-Sri LankaZulu
Sri LankaZulu
LK
LKA
ma Lanka
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