Sri Lanka (LK) profile - population, location on map, current time and weather today

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Name	Sri Lanka (Cost of living)
Country ISO codes	LK / LKA
Continent	Asia
Continent code	AS
Capital	Colombo
Area	6271
DD coordinates	7.877422 / 80.700343
DMS coordinates	7°52'38.72" N / 80°42'1.23" E
UTM coordinates	44N 466968.08569797 870758.56428869
Total cities	11016

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Sri Lanka is a part of the Asia continent. It's geographical location is subject to the ISO (International Organization for Standardization) standardization, which, for Sri Lanka, is LK.

It's territory covers an area of 6271 square kilometers. The country’s administration comes from Colombo, the capital city of Sri Lanka. On nationwide level, English, Sinhala, Tamil is declared to be the official language(es) of the country.

On its territory, there are multiple nationalities and ethnic groups represented, such as The Sinhalese. Highways and other transport links are characterized by a rather left-side road traffic. Traveling by car, people can drive 114093 km of roadways. Railway surfaces by length cover a total area of 1562 km. Sri Lanka merchant ships, tankers, and other types of maritime transport have access to 160 km of waterways.

Regular telecommunication operations are performed with the use of 94 prefix. Citizens and residents of the country use LKR as the main currency to purchase goods and pay for services. Most people in Sri Lanka live according to the Asia/Colombo time zone, which is also the one used in Colombo.

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Time zone	Asia/Colombo
Date	2021-10-18
Sunrise	00:27
Sunset	12:24
Day length	06:25

More about Sri Lanka

Official languages	English, Sinhala, Tamil
Nationalities	The Sinhalese
Road traffic	Left
Domain zone	.lk
Phone codes	94
Currencies	LKR
Life expectancy males	Ø 73,4 years
Life expectancy females	Ø 80,1 years
Birthrate	15,8 ‰
Deathrate	6,7 ‰
Males/Females	48,0%/52,0%

Economy

GDP	2,02 bn $
Exportations	19414,3 M $
Importations	24562,0 M $
Tourism receipts	4,66 bn $
Unemployment rate	4,8%
Inflation rate	3,53%
Corruption index	38 (bad)
Energy consumption	12,7 bn kWh

Land use

6% Urban areas	4016 km²
44% Agricultural areas	28665 km²
33% Forest	21658 km²
0% Water areas	2900 km²
17% Others	11271 km²

Transport

Roadways	114093 km
Railways	1562 km
Waterways	160 km
Commercial harbors	97
Airports	16

Information on Wikipedia

There are many ways to find how far is Sri Lanka (LK) from other places on map, North pole, Equator or South pole, there are 2 common methods - the distance calculated in kilometers and miles by Haversine formula.

From Sri Lanka to	Haversine
North pole	9132 km	5674 mil
Equator	8983 km	5582 mil
South pole	10883 km	6763 mil

Furthest countries
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ISO 2	Name	Continent	Capital	Distance
ECU	Ecuador	South America	Quito	17576 km
CRI	Costa Rica	North America	San Jose	17453 km
SLV	El Salvador	North America	San Salvador	17345 km
PER	Peru	South America	Lima	17338 km
NIC	Nicaragua	North America	Managua	17228 km
PAN	Panama	North America	Panama City	17220 km
GTM	Guatemala	North America	Guatemala City	17201 km
HND	Honduras	North America	Tegucigalpa	17116 km
BLZ	Belize	North America	Belmopan	16979 km
COL	Colombia	South America	Bogota	16800 km

ISO 2	Name	Continent	Capital	Distance
MDV	Maldives	Asia	Male	1029 km
IND	India	Asia	-	1490 km
BGD	Bangladesh	Asia	Dhaka	2037 km
MMR	Myanmar [Burma]	Asia	Naypyidaw	2126 km
NPL	Nepal	Asia	Kathmandu	2310 km
THA	Thailand	Asia	Bangkok	2343 km
BTN	Bhutan	Asia	-	2414 km
SGP	Singapore	Asia	Singapore	2666 km
KHM	Cambodia	Asia	Phnom Penh	2697 km
LAO	Laos	Asia	Vientiane	2758 km