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HILTON COLOMBO RESIDENCE Asia » Sri Lanka » Colombo Colombo Sri Lanka
Country: Sri Lanka
City: Colombo
Address: 200 Union Place
Phone: 94--11 5344644
Prices Starting at: $29.95

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AIRPORT GARDEN HOTEL Asia » Sri Lanka » Colombo Colombo Sri Lanka
Country: Sri Lanka
City: Colombo
Address: 234-238 Colombo Negombo Road Seeduwa
Phone: (94 11)2252950
Prices Starting at: $70.00

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TAJ EXOTICA HOTEL Asia » Sri Lanka » Bentota Bentota Sri Lanka
Country: Sri Lanka
City: Bentota
Address: International Holiday Resort
Phone: (94 34) 2275
Prices Starting at: $60.00

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HILTON COLOMBO Asia » Sri Lanka » Colombo Colombo Sri Lanka
Country: Sri Lanka
City: Colombo
Address: Sir Chittampalam A Gardiner Mawatha
Phone: 94-11-2544644
Prices Starting at: $29.95

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#21643

Sri Lanka Country Information and Map

Introduction

The Sinhalese arrived in Sri Lanka late in the 6th century B.C., probably from northern India. Buddhism was introduced beginning in about the mid-third century B.C., and a great civilization developed at the cities of Anuradhapura (kingdom from circa 200 B.C. to circa 1000 A.D.) and Polonnaruwa (from about 1070 to 1200). In the 14th century, a south Indian dynasty seized power in the north and established a Tamil kingdom. Occupied by the Portuguese in the 16th century and by the Dutch in the 17th century, the island was ceded to the British in 1796, became a crown colony in 1802, and was united under British rule by 1815. As Ceylon, it became independent in 1948; its name was changed to Sri Lanka in 1972. Tensions between the Sinhalese majority and Tamil separatists erupted in violence in the mid-1980s. Tens of thousands have died in an ethnic war that continues to fester. After two decades of fighting, the government and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam began a ceasefire in December 2001, with Norway brokering peace negotiations.

Location

Southern Asia, island in the Indian Ocean, south of India

Geographic coordinates

7 00 N, 81 00 E

Area

total: 65,610 sq km water: 870 sq km land: 64,740 sq km

Area - comparative

slightly larger than West Virginia

Land boundaries

0 km

Coastline

1,340 km

Maritime claims

territorial sea: 12 NM continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin exclusive economic zone: 200 NM contiguous zone: 24 NM

Climate

tropical monsoon; northeast monsoon (December to March); southwest monsoon (June to October)

Terrain

mostly low, flat to rolling plain; mountains in south-central interior

Elevation extremes

lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: Pidurutalagala 2,524 m

Natural resources

limestone, graphite, mineral sands, gems, phosphates, clay, hydropower

Land use

arable land: 13.43% permanent crops: 15.78% other: 70.79% (1998 est.)

Irrigated land

6,510 sq km (1998 est.)

Natural hazards

occasional cyclones and tornadoes

Environment - current issues

deforestation; soil erosion; wildlife populations threatened by poaching and urbanization; coastal degradation from mining activities and increased pollution; freshwater resources being polluted by industrial wastes and sewage runoff; waste disposal; air pollution in Colombo

Environment - international agreements

party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Marine Life Conservation

Geography - note

strategic location near major Indian Ocean sea lanes

Population

19,905,165 (2003 est.) 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.)

Capital

Colombo; note - Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte is the legislative capital

Phone Code

+94

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