Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

Colombo; note: Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte is the legislative capital

65,61 km²

19,905,165
note: since the outbreak of hostilities between the government and armed Tamil separatists in the mid-1980s, several hundred thousand Tamil civilians have fled the island; as of yearend 2000, approximately 65,000 were housed in 131 refugee camps in south India, another 40,000 lived outside the Indian camps, and more than 200,000 Tamils have sought refuge in the West (July 2004 est.)

Sinhala, Tamil

Asia