Sri Lanka

SRI LANKA is a raindrop-shaped island country in the Indian Ocean and in Southern Asia. India is 100 kilometers and 60 miles north and northwest of Sri Lanka, while the Maldives' northern section is approximately 745 kilometers and 460 miles west of Sri Lanka. The currency is the Sri Lankan Rupee, and its ISO 4217 currency code is LKR.

● ● ● ● ●  People and Places  ● ● ● ● ●  According to Encyclopædia Britannica, Sri Lanka’s population in the year 2020 was about 22,010,000 and was ranked 59th among populations of the whole world’s countries, dependencies, and territories. The legislative capital of Sri Lanka is Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, while the largest city and commercial capital is Colombo. Also simply known as Kotte, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is a suburb of Colombo

● ● ● ● ●  Land and Water Features  ● ● ● ● ●  Did You Know? India and Sri Lanka once may have been connected to each other via a land bridge. In the late 1400s, it is believed that a tropical cyclone dumped enough water to partially destroy this land bridge and submerge most sections of it. Remnants still exist today in the form of limestone shoals, peeking above the water line on a submerged ridge. This chain of small islets is known as Rama Setu (Adam's Bridge) and connects Sri Lanka's Mannar island in the east with India's Pamban (Rameswaram) island in the west. The Gulf of Mannar, Palk Bay, and Palk Strait geographically separate Sri Lanka from India. The Bay of Bengal is east of Sri Lanka.