Heraldry Sri Lanka
former colony of United Kingdom
Etymology of the name of the country: A shiny island in Sanskrit. Serendip is an ancient name, derived from Sinhala-dweepa in Sanskrit meaning either 'land of lions' or 'land of the people of Sinhala', sinha means 'lion' in Sanskrit, Sinhala - early settlers of this locality. Ceylon (Ceylon - English, Cilan - Portuguese, Seilan) - the previous names of the country, also meaning 'land of lions'.
Tamil EelamAsia
Full name: Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lankaoriginal name: ශ්රී ලංකාව, ශ්රී ලංකා ප්රජාතාන්ත්රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජය Sri Lanka on Yandex.Maps/Google Maps www.srilankatourism.org multiparty republic
8 provinces
Territory: 65 610 km2
Population: 21 002 034 people. Language: English, Sinhala, Tamil
Main religions: Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam
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Main export items: textiles, garments, tea, gems, rubber, coconutsCode IOC: LKA
Code FIFA: LKA
Code ISO: LKA
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Domain of the country: LK
Vehicle country code: CL
Phone country code: 94
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Heraldry of the head of state
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Embassy of Russia in Sri Lanka
Colombo
website: sri-lanka.mid.ruaddress: Embassy of the Russian Federation, 62 Sir Ernest de Silva Mawatha, Colombo-7, Sri-Lanka
tel: +9411 269-70-36, +9411 269-70-42
emergency tel: +9477 289-17-34
email: rusemb@itmin.net, rusemb.srilanka@gmail.com
Embassy of Sri Lanka in Russia
www.srilankaemb.comaddress: г. Москва, ул. Щепкина, 24, стр. 1
tel: 288-16-20, 288-14-63, 288-16-51
email: lankaemb@com2com.ru
