Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Administrative ColumboCommercial
Sinhalese Tamil English (recognized)
Unitary semi-presidential constitutional republic
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The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (known as Ceylon before 1972) is an island country in South Asia, a short distance from India.
Because of its location in the path of major sea routes, Sri Lanka is a strategic naval link between West Asia and South East Asia, and has been a center of Buddhist religion and culture from ancient times. Today, the country is a multi-religious and multi-ethnic nation, with more than a quarter of the population following faiths other than Buddhism, notably Hinduism, Christianity and Islam.