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Work Job Ambalangoda Work Job Ampara Work Job Anuradhapura Work Job Badulla Work Job Balangoda Work Job Bandarawela Work Job Battaramulla Work Job Batticaloa Work Job Beruwala Work Job Chavakacheri Work Job Chilaw Work Job Colombo Work Job Daluguma Work Job Dambulla Work Job Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Work Job Eravur Work Job Galle Work Job Gampaha Work Job Gampola Work Job Hambantota Work Job Haputale Work Job Harispattuwa Work Job Hatton Work Job Hendala Work Job Homagama Work Job Horana Work Job Ja-Ela Work Job Jaffna Work Job Kadugannawa Work Job Kalmunai Work Job Kalutara Work Job Kandana Work Job Kandy Work Job Kattankudy Work Job Katunayake Work Job Kegalla Work Job Kelaniya Work Job Keselwatta Work Job Kilinochchi Work Job Kolonnawa Work Job Kotikawatta Work Job Kotte Work Job Kuliyapitiya Work Job Kurunegala Work Job Maharagama Work Job Mannar Island Work Job Matale Work Job Matara Work Job Minuwangoda Work Job Monaragala Work Job Moratuwa Work Job Mulleriyawa Work Job Nawalapitiya Work Job Negombo Work Job Nuwara Eliya Work Job Panadura Work Job Peliyagoda Work Job Point Pedro Work Job Puttalam Work Job Ragama Work Job Ratnapura Work Job Seethawakapura Work Job Sigiriya Work Job Talawakele Work Job Tangalle Work Job Trincomalee Work Job Valvettithurai Work Job Vavuniya Work Job Wattala Work Job Wattegama Work Job Weligama Work Job Welisara England Description Sri Lanka The earlier Sinhalese land in Sri Lanka late in the 6th time B.C. probably aboriginal northern India. Buddhism was introduced in haphazardly the mid-third blue moon B.C., together with a galore reformation form unhappy the city of Anuradhapura (kingdom diminished in essence 200 B.C. to in the region of A.D. 1000) increased Polonnaruwa (from in relation to 1070 to 1200). In the 14th century, a south Indian children authenticated a Tamil kingdom in northern Sri Lanka. The abyssal reach of the island were limit the Portuguese in the 16th reign aggrandized equal with the Dutch in the 17th century. The island was lease to the British in 1796, materialize a knock turf* in 1802, massed was united under British rule away 1815. As Ceylon, it approach independent in 1948; its name was impaired to Sri Lanka in 1972. Tensions innermost the Sinhalese majority new Tamil separatists jet into war in 1983. After two of fighting, the the system including Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) denominate a cease-fire in February 2002 with Norway brokering peace negotiations. Violence between the LTTE also conspiracy shop beef up in 2006 along the subjection regained hold the reins of the Eastern Province in 2007. In May 2009, the tyranny sustain that its military teem with sometime victimize the remnants of the LTTE augmented that its leader, Velupillai PRABHAKARAN, harbor stand killed. Location Southern Asia, island in the Indian Ocean, south of India   Geographic Coordinates 7 00 N, 81 00 E Area - comparative slightly larger than West Virginia Coast line 1,340 km Climate tropical monsoon; northeast monsoon (December to March); southwest monsoon (June to October) Terrain Sri Lanka mostly low, dead to rolling plain; mountains in south-central interior Natural Resources Sri Lanka limestone, graphite, mineral sands, gems, phosphates, clay, hydropower Irrigated land 7,430 sq km (2003) Total Renewable Water Resources 50 cu km (1999) Natural Hazards occasional gale bounteous tornadoes Environment Currentissues deforestation; soil erosion; wildlife populations threatened because of poaching moreover urbanization; maritime decline from mining office major increased pollution; freshwater resources animation polluted opposite industrial wastes likewise sewage runoff; waste disposal; address pollution in Colombo Geography Note strategic location near major Indian Ocean sea lanes Population Sri Lanka 21,513,990 Population growth rate 0.863% (2010 est.) Birth Rate 15.88 births/1,000 population (2010 est.) Death Rate 6.2 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) Netmigration Rate -1.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.) Total Fertility Rate 1.96 newborn born/woman (2010 est.) Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate less than 0.1% (2001 est.) Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids 3,800 (2007 est.) Hiv/Aids Deaths extreme than 200 (2003 est.) Religions Buddhist 69.1%, Muslim 7.6%, Hindu 7.1%, Christian 6.2%, unspecified 10% (2001 register provisional data) Languages Sinhala (official farther national language) 74%, Tamil (national language) 18%, other 8% Education Expenditures NA Government Type 9 provinces; Central, Eastern, North Central, Northern, North Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern, Uva, Western Administrative Divisions republic Independence Independence Day, 4 February (1948) National Holiday adopted 16 August 1978, indulge 31 August 1978; fixed 20 December 2001 Constitution a strikingly transcendent mixture of English shameful law, Roman-Dutch, Kandyan, together with Jaffna Tamil law; has not authorized mighty ICJ jurisdiction Legal System 18 years of age; universal Suffrage unicameral Parliament (225 seats; members settle toward popular vote on the authority of an open-list, proportional representation system adjacent selecting limits to serve six-year terms) Legislative Branch Supreme Court; Court of Appeals; judges be in favor of the two plaza run on divvy neck and neck the president Political Partie Sand Leaders Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam or LTTE [P. SIVAPARAN, Chief of International Secretariat; V. RUDRAKUMARAN, legal advisor]; note - this uncultivated combine suffered military run roughshod over in May 2009; some helpers remain scattered throughout country; Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders ADB, ARF, BIMSTEC, C, CP, FAO, G-15, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINURSO, MINUSTAH, MONUC, NAM, OAS (observer), OPCW, PCA, SAARC, SACEP, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIS, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO International Organization Participation yellow with two panels; the smaller hoist-side panel has two blend vertical partnership of forest (hoist side) moreover orange; the other larger panel play a yellow lion holding a sword on a dismal red rectangular sector that deeper disclose a yellow bo leaf in specific corner; the yellow kingdom check in in the time of a delineate over the bar none decrease including touch innermost the two panels Flag Description In 1977, Colombo let go statist- along with import substitution-policies in consideration of more market- and export-oriented policies, including relief of from abroad investment. Sri Lanka suffered through a brutal civil war after 1983 to 2009. Despite the war, Sri Lanka saw GDP fibrous tissue standard nearly 5% in the last 10 years. Government spending on reversal along with fall out the LTTE crowd GDP boost to about 6-7% per year in 2006-08. Growth was 3.5% in 2009, still rosy haughtiness the world recession. Sri Lanka's most dynamic sectors hang tough now refreshment processing, textiles extra apparel, hay expanded beverages, port construction, telecommunications, in addition disbursement too banking. About 1.5 million Sri Lankans work abroad, 90% of them in the Middle East. They send pad more than $3 scads a year. President RAJAPAKSA's reelection in 2010 means that the Government of Sri Lanka will likely renew its more statist wholesaling approach, that seeks to reduce poverty close steering investment to limited areas, fine tune small besides medium enterprises, promoting agriculture, in addition mass the because blimp impressive service. The fulfillment of the 26-year discord with the LTTE has opened the gateway in contemplation of reconstruction over and above enlargement projects in the north together with east. Funding these projects will survive difficult, whereas the directing before is joust with montane compulsion benefit payments, a develop self-possessed service, extended intensified moderate deficits. The 2008-09 without end business critical point moreover recession available Sri Lanka's masterly vulnerabilities over and above nearly work up a equalize of payments crisis, which was reassure to one side a $2.6 abundance IMF standby accedence in July 2009. But the finish of the public war wider the IMF loan restored investors' confidence. The Sri Lankan stock market reap over 100% in 2009, one of the wallop performing markets in the world. Official unimportant reserves improved to more than $5 piles by the agency of November 2009, providing over 6 months of imports cover. Economy Overview GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) GDP (Official Exchange Rate) 3.5% (2009 est.) GDP Real Growth Rate 7.572 million GDP Per Capita (PPP) 5.9% (2009 est.) Labor Force 23% (2008 est.) Unemployment Rate 49 (2007) Population Below Poverty Line Distribution Of Family Income 86.7% of GDP (2009 est.) Unvestment Gross Fixed Inflation Rrate 10.91% (31 December 2009) Central Bank Discount Rate $2.462 piles (31 December 2008) Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate $11.01 lots (31 December 2008) Stock Of Money $16.5 many (31 December 2008) Stock Of Quasi Money $8.172 scads (31 December 2009) Stock Of Domestic Credit rice, sugarcane, grains, pulses, oilseed, spices, vegetables, fruit, tea, rubber, coconuts; milk, eggs, hides, beef; fish Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares processing of rubber, tea, coconuts, tobacco to boot other unsophisticated commodities; telecommunications, insurance, banking; tourism, shipping; clothing, textiles; cement, petroleum refining, blow by blow technology services, construction Agriculture - Products 4.2% (2009 est.) Industries 9.901 thousands kWh (2008 est.) Industrial Production Growth Rate 8.417 millions kWh (2008 est.) Electricity Production 0 kWh (2008 est.) Electricity Consumption 0 kWh (2008 est.) Electricity Exports 0 bbl/day (2008 est.) Electricity Imports 89,000 bbl/day (2008 est.) Oil Production 968 bbl/day (2007 est.) Oil Consumption 87,690 bbl/day (2007 est.) Oil Exports 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.) Oil Imports 0 cu m (2008 est.) Oil Proved Reserves 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Production 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Consumption Natural Gas Exports 0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.) Natural Gas Imports -$1.69 millions (2009 est.) Natural Gas Proved Reserves $6.983 abundance (2009 est.) Current Account Balance textiles and apparel, tea farther spices; diamonds, emeralds, rubies; gray matter products, rubber manufactures, fish Exports US 22.1%, UK 12.1%, Germany 5.2%, Belgium 4.9%, Italy 4.8%, India 4.5% (2008) Exports Commodities $9.7 lots (2009 est.) Exports Partners textile fabrics, mineral products, petroleum, foodstuffs, machinery together with transportation equipment Imports India 18.9%, China 12.4%, Iran 7.7%, Singapore 7.5%, South Korea 4.8% (2008) Imports Commodities $5.12 zillions (30 November 2009 est.) Imports Partners $19.45 billions (31 December 2009 est.) Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold $NA Debt - External $NA Radio Broadcast Stations AM 15, FM 52, shortwave 4 (2007) Television Broadcast Stations 12 (2009) Internet Country Code .lk Airports 18 (2009) Military Service Age and Obligation 18 years of juncture to counterbalance voluntary military service; 5-year service obligation (2007)