Sri Lanka

Three ethnic groups - Sinhalese Tamil and Muslim -. It is located between latitudes 555 and 951 N and longitudes 7941 and 8153 E and has a maximum length of 268 miles 432 km and a maximum width of 139 miles 224 km.

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It is separated from the peninsular Indian subcontinent by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait.

. The island was ceded to the British in 1796 became a crown colony in 1802 and was formally united under British rule by 1815. 20 hours agoSri Lanka is in the midst of its worst financial crisis in seven decades after its foreign exchange reserves plummeted to record lows with dollars running out. It won independence from British rule in 1948.

The IMF has said Sri Lanka needs to whittle down existing debt to sustainable levels before it can receive any aid. 1 day agoSri Lanka has run out of foreign-exchange reserves for imports of essential items like fuel and medicine and the United Nations has warned that more than a. In the 14th century a south Indian dynasty established a Tamil kingdom in northern Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka is located in the Indian Ocean to the south west of Bay of Bengal and to the south east of the Arabian Sea. 22 hours agoSri Lankas inflation hit 546 in June. The constitution gives the president wide powers as commander-in-chief of the armed forces head of the Cabinet and powers to appoint the chief justice police chief and others.

Sri Lankas more recent history was marred by a 26-year civil war which began in 1983 and ended decisively in 2009 when the Sri Lanka Armed Forces defeated the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. It is situated both in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres of the Earth. 15 hours agoSri Lanka is an island nation off southern India.

In the 45 years that Sri Lanka has been ruled by an executive presidential system there has been one failed attempt to oust a president. Sri Lanka formerly Ceylon island country lying in the Indian Ocean and separated from peninsular India by the Palk Strait. The Portuguese controlled the coastal areas of the island in the 16th century followed by the Dutch in the 17th century.

Sri Lanka is an island country in Southern Asia. Today Sri Lanka is a multinational state home to. Political instability could hurt Sri Lankas discussions with the International Monetary Fund from which they seek a 3 billion bailout a restructuring of.

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