Sri Lanka

The presidential republic of Sri Lanka (Sinhala ශ්‍රී ලංකා ප්‍රජාතාන්ත්‍රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජය) in South Asia with the capital Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (but de facto this is Colombo) covers 65.610 km². The island state lies in the Indian Ocean to the east of the southern tip of India. The name means something like "honourable island"; until 1972 it was called Ceylon.

History

Sri Lanka was ruled by various local kingdoms for over two millennia, until large parts of the island were colonised by the Portuguese in the 16th century and then by the Dutch. In 1815, the whole of Sri Lanka became part of the British Empire. In 1948, Sri Lanka became independent from Great Britain after peaceful negotiations.

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