arableLand
background
Occupied by the Portuguese in ...... war that continues to fester.
birthRate
budgetExpenditures
3000000000
budgetRevenues
3000000000
capital
climate
tropical monsoon; northeast mo ...... west monsoon (June to October)
coastline
comparativeArea
slightly larger than West Virginia
constitution
adopted 16 August 1978
contiguousZone
conventionalLongCountryName
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
conventionalShortCountryName
currency
Sri Lankan rupee (LKR)
currencyCode
deathRate
economicAidRecipient
economyOverview
In 1977, Colombo abandoned sta ...... ition in the financial sector.
electricityConsumption
5604000000
electricityExports
electricityImports
electricityProduction
6026000000
electricityProductionFossilFuel
electricityProductionHydro
electricityProductionNuclear
electricityProductionOther
environmentalAgreementPartyTo
environmentalAgreementSigned
environmentalIssue
air pollution in Colombo
coastal degradation from mining activities and increased pollution
deforestation
freshwater resources being polluted by industrial wastes and sewage runoff
soil erosion
waste disposal
wildlife populations threatened by poaching and urbanization
exclusiveEconomicZone
exports
5200000000
externalDebt
9900000000
fiscalYear
calendar year
flagDescription
yellow with two panels; the sm ...... extends between the two panels
forestsAndWoodland
formerCountryName
Serendib, Ceylon
geographicCoordinates
governmentType
grossDomesticProduct
62700000000