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Sri Lanka is in the Eastern Hemisphere. South Asia is the continent Sri Lanka is located on. The population of Sri Lanka is 21,324,791 people. The capital of Sri Lanka is Colombo. The Mountain in Sri Lanka is Rathnagiri Mountain.  There are not any bodies of water in Sri Lanka.

Some products that are imported from Sri Lanka are oil and textile fabrics, mineral products, petroleum, foodstuffs, machinery and transportation equipment

Some products that are exported from Sri Lanka is Oil and Natural Gas and textiles and apparel, tea and spices; diamonds, emeralds, rubies; coconut products, rubber manufactures, fish.

The official language of Sri Lanka is Sinhala (official and national language) 74%, Tamil (national language) 18%, other 8%.

The official religion of Sri Lanka is Buddhist 69.1%, Muslim 7.6%, Hindu 7.1%, Christian 6.2%, unspecified 10%.

Two current issues of this country are Major infectious diseases and another one is deforestation.

Three places/things that I would like to see in Sri Lanka is the different types of religions, listen and learn a little about their languages, and to see the different kinds of clothing they wear/ culture.

Four important dates from Sri Lanka’s history would be 6th century B.C.- The first Sinhalese arrived. Second-mid-third century B.C.- Buddhism was introduced. Third-1948 –Ceylon became independent. And Fourth- 1972- Its name was changed to Sri Lanka.

There are only two Current Leaders of Sri Lanka are President Mahinda RAJAPAKSA- since 19 November 2005, Ratnasiri WICKREMANAYAKE- since 21 November 2005.

This country is different from the United States because we have only one leader and that is our president. It is also different because we don’t have a lot of different languages at one time. And we have states that we live in not all different countries. And finally we are different because we celebrate differently and wear different types of clothing.

This is their money in Sri Lanka... It is $10 in the United States.

Mountains in Sri Lanka.

Food in Sri Lanka. Fish Curry. Looks good doesn't it??

Here is a picture of Jak-Fruit. They take a big rock and something sharp and put a hole in it and drink the juice. It is the most nutritious drink. Then they take a rock and slam it on the ground to open it then they eat it.

Jak-Fruit.



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