IT MEASURES 65610SQ KM IN AREA AND IS 447 KM FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AND 219 KM AT ITS MAXIMUM WIDTH. ITS POSITION IN THE TROPICS JUST NORTH OF THE EQUATOR LINES SRI LANKA AN AVERAGE LOWLAND TEMPERATURE OF 27 C BUT IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL ARIA MOUNTAIN RISE TO OVER 2500 METERS AND THE CLIMATE IS COOLER.
AT DIFFERENT TIME OF THE YEAR ALMOST THE WHOLE ISLAND BENEFITS FROM THE MONSOON RAINS. WHICH MAINTAIN ITS FERTILE GREEN VEGETATION AND ABUNDANCE OF BIRD AND ANIMALS.
RICE, THE STAPLE DIET OF SRI LANKA'S PEOPLE,IS GROWN IN MOST PARTS OF ISLAND. RUBBER,THE SECOND BIGGEST EXPORT CROP,IS CULTIVATED IN THE SOUTH AND WEST,AND COCONUT PALMS PRODUCING VARIETY OF USEFUL PRODUCT, ARE GROWN AROUND THE COASTAL PLAINS.
ALTHOUGH TEA IS PRODUCES IN THE SOUTHERN LOWLANDS ALSO IT IS THE CENTRAL HILL COUNTRY THAT PROVIDES THE BEST CONDITIONS FOR GROWING SRI LANKA 'S WORLD FAMOUS AND MOST IMPORTANT CROP.
TEA , OTHER AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE AND AN INCREASING VARIETY OF INDUSTRIAL GOODS ARE EXPORTED FROM THE ISLAND'S BUSTLING,MAIN CITY,COLOMBO.HOME FOR OVER 1 MILLION OF SRI LANKA 'S 18 MILLION INHABITANTS.
OF THE TOTAL POPULATION OVER SEVENTY PER CENT ARE SINHALESE, BUT THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL MINORITY OF TAMILS, ORIGINALLY FROM SOUTH INDIA, AS WELL AS SMALLER GROUPS DESCENDED FROM EARLY TRADERS AND INVADERS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST AND EUROPE.
SRI LANKA IS A REPUBLIC WITH AN ELECTED DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT AND IS A MEMBER OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
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