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'''Sri Lanka''' (formerly '''Ceylon''') is a pear-shaped island off of the southern coast of [[India]], which obtained its independence from Great Britain in 1948. Sri Lanka has a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] majority, and the Tamils are the main ethnic minority, and they have been fighting for independence. The Muslims comprise a smaller minority.
{{Country
|name =''ශ්රී ලංකා ප්රජාතාන්ත්රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජය<br/>இலங்கை ஜனநாயக சமத்துவ குடியரசு''
|map =Sri lanka rel00.jpg
|map2 =Sri Lanka location.png
|flag =
|arms =
|capital =Sri Jayawardenapura-Kotte
|capital-raw =
|government =Socialist
|government-raw =
|language =Sinhala, Tamil
|king =
|queen =
|monarch-raw =
|president =Mahinda Rajapaksa
|president-raw =
|chancellor =
|chancellor-raw =
|pm =Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
|pm-raw =
|area =
|pop =20,242,000
|pop-basis =2009
|gdp =$92.018 billion
|gdp-year =2008
|gdp-pc =$4,581
|currency =Sri Lankan rupee
|idd =
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The '''Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka''' (formerly '''Ceylon''') is a pear-shaped island off of the southern coast of [[India]], which obtained its independence from Great Britain in 1948. Sri Lanka has a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] majority, and the Tamils are the main ethnic minority, and they have been fighting for independence. The Muslims comprise a smaller minority.
==Population==
==Population==