SRI LANKA

 SRI LANKA



Basic Data

Sri Lanka is a very beautiful Island Country lying in the Indian Ocean near the south-east of India in South Asia which has 65,610 sq km of area and located between latitude 5°55' N and 9°50' N longitude 79°31' E and 81°52'E.It is 25th of largest island in the world and  123rd largest country in the world.  .Maximum length of Island is 432km and maximum width is 224km(Source: CIA library, USA and worlddata.info ).Sri Lanka has about 1700 km beautiful coastline(Dept. of Statistic,Sri Lanka and coastal.gov.lk}. Sri Lanka has a population of 21.61 million(2022) and majority are Sinhalese. Capital of Sri Lanka is Sri Jayewardenepura and Commercial City is Colombo. Country has been divided into are 9 Provinces and subdivided into 25 Districts in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka has many natural resources like Gems, Graphite, Mineral Sands, Limestone and Clay. Agriculture products of country are Tea, Rubber, Coconuts, Rice, Fruits, Vegetables and Ceylon Spices. Likewise, consist of crops like Betel leaves, Areca nuts, Cocoa and Vanilla. There are recommended rice varieties including Bg750,Bg250, Bg251(GSR), Bg252, Ld253 and At313. Further, in details of fruits, vegetables, nuts, grains and spices available in Sri Lanka can be noted as follows.                 

Spices  Vegetables Fruits Grains
Big Onion Beans Avocado Black Gram
Black Pepper Brinjal Anona Black Gram
Clove Beet Root Amla Cowpea
Cinnamon Bitter Gourd Avocado Corn
Cardamom Carrot Banana Finger Millet
Coriander Cucumber Beli Foxtail Millet
Citronella Cabbage Ber Green Gram
Curry Leaves Ela Batu Bignay Horse Gram
Chili Innala Ceylon Olive Kodo Millet
Ginger Knol Khol Ceylon Oak Pigeon Pea
Garlic Kekiri Conker Berry Soya Bean
Mustard Kohila Caimito
Mace Kiriala Duriyan
Nutmeg Luffa Dragon Fruit
Red Onion Leeks Grapefruit
Rampe Lettuce Guava
Vanilla Mushroom Grapes
Moringa Himbutu
Okra Jambola
Potato Jamanaran
Pumpkin Lansone
Radish Mango
Sweet potato Mora
Snake Gourd Madan
Yams Mangosteen
Namnam
Peni Dodam
Pineapple
Papaw
Passion Fruit
Pomegranate
Rambutan
Rose Apple
Star Fruit
Sapota
Sapida
Uguressa
Velvet Tamarind
Vella(Jackfruit)
Watermelon
Wood Apple
Waraka(Jackfruit)
Yellow Sapotae

Sri Lanka is an island exhibiting remarkable biodiversity and consider to be a richest country in Asian region. This wide ranging of Biodiversity makes Sri Lanka one of  the world's most scenic counties.

History

 Sri Lanka's documented history goes back 3000 years with evidence of prehistoric human settlements that dates back to 125,000 years. Balangoda Man(Homo sapiens balangodensis) shows evidence of human settlement on Mesolithic age in Sri Lanka. Recent excavation proves that food gathers and rice cultivators existed in Sri Lanka during Neolithic period also. Sri Lanka has traditional culture.  

                                                       

                        

       

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