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| Democratic Socialist Republic ofSri Lanka
ශ්රී ලංකා ප්රජාතාන්ත්රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජය
இலங்கை சனநாயக சோசலிசக் குடியரசு | ||||||
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| Anthem: Sri Lanka Matha Mother Sri Lanka | ||||||
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| Capital | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (Administrative) Colombo (Commercial) 6°54′N 79°54′E | |||||
| Largest city | Colombo | |||||
| Official languages | ||||||
| Recognized | English | |||||
| Demonym | Sri Lankan | |||||
| Government | Unitary semi-presidential democratic socialist constitutional republic | |||||
| - | President | Mahinda Rajapaksa | ||||
| - | Prime Minister | D. M. Jayaratne | ||||
| - | Speaker of the Parliament | Chamal Rajapaksa | ||||
| - | Chief Justice | Mohan Peiris[1] | ||||
| Legislature | Parliament | |||||
| Independence from the United Kingdom | ||||||
| - | Dominion | 4 February 1948 | ||||
| - | Republic | 22 May 1972 | ||||
| - | Current constitution | 7 September 1978 | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| - | Total | 65,610 km2 (122nd) 25,332 sq mi | ||||
| - | Water (%) | 4.4 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | 2012 census | 20,277,597[2] (57th) | ||||
| - | Density | 323/km2 (40th) 836.6/sq mi | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | 2012 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $127 billion[3] (64th) | ||||
| - | Per capita | $6,135[3] (111th) | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2012 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $64.914 billion[3] (68th) | ||||
| - | Per capita | $3,139[3] (123rd) | ||||
| Gini (2010) | 36.4[4] medium | |||||
| HDI (2012) |  0.715[5]high · 92nd | |||||
| Currency | Sri Lankan rupee (LKR) | |||||
| Time zone | SLST (UTC+5:30) | |||||
| Date format | dd/mm/yyyy (AD) | |||||
| Drives on the | left | |||||
| Calling code | +94 | |||||
| ISO 3166 code | LK | |||||
| Internet TLD | ||||||
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