Sri Lanka

Currency		Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR)

The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (in Sinhala in Tamil) is a tropical island nation off the southeast coast of the Indian subcontinent. The capital of the country is Sri Jayawardanapura while the largest city is Colombo.

It was known as Ceylon before 1972, and Serendib and Sinhale, among other names, before that.

Flag

The Sri Lanka flag is also known as the Lion flag because of the Lion on it. The Lion is holding a sword in its right paw. There is a crimson background with four leaves in each corner. There is a yellow border. On the left of the flag there are the colors green and saffron. The lion represents bravery. The four leaves represents Karuna, Meththa, Muditha and Upeksha. The orange stripe represents the Sri Lankan Tamils and the green stripe represents the Sri Lankan Moors.

Provinces

Sri Lanka has 9 provinces.

• Central
• North Central
• North
• Eastern
• North Western
• Sabaragamuwa
• Southern
• Uva
• Western

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Government

• Official web portal of the Government of Sri Lanka
• Office of the President of Sri Lanka
• Ministry of Defence, Sri Lanka
• Central Bank of Sri Lanka
• World Terrorism Blog On Sri Lanka

Tourism

• The Official Website of Sri Lanka Tourist Board
• Sri Lanka Travel Guide and Country Reference
• Lonely Planet Destination Guide- Sri Lanka
• Ministry of Tourism

Business

• Board of Investment of Sri Lanka
• Sri Lanka Export Development Board
• Colombo Stock Exchange
• Sri Lankan Business Directory

Other

• Virtual Library Sri Lanka
• The CIA World Factbook - Sri Lanka
• Sri Lanka - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
• Collection of slides of Sri Lanka, University of Pennsylvania library
• NIGHANTAYA | The Environment Friendly E Community | Sri Lanka