Sri Lanka, is known to be the Island of Paradise. It was thought that
the Garden of Eden in the Bible was located on this teardrop island off the
coast of India.
Full country name: Democratic Socialist
Republic of Sri Lanka Area: 66,000 sq km Population: 18 million (annual growth 1.3%)
Capital city: Colombo (pop 1.2 million)
People: 74% Sinhalese, 12,6% Sri Lanka
Tamils, 5,5% Indian Tamils and 7% Muslims Language: Sinhala, Tamil, English
Religion: 69% Buddhist, 15% Hindu, 8% Muslim,
8% Christian Government: Democracy