Geography

  • 7 00 N, 81 00 E (Geographic Coordinates)
  • Land Area – 65,525 Sq.km.
  • Highest Water Fall – Bambarakanda 790 ft.
  • Highest Peak – Piduruthalagala  8280 ft.
  • Longest River – Mahaweli 335 km.
  • Coastline – 1,340 km.

Holidays

  • Around 25 holidays per year. Each holiday is differently applied to the Public, Banking and Mercantile sectors. Normal business hours are Monday – Friday / 09.00 – 17.00 hrs

Population - 21,481,334

Male – 9.457

Female – 9.095

Density per sq. km. – 380

Growth rate – 1.3%

Religion (%)

Buddhist 69.1 Muslim 7.6

Hindu 7.1 Christian 6.2

Unspecified 10

Literacy (%)

Male – 92.3

Female – 89.1

Climate

Temperature – (Mean annual) 270C in the lowland, 150C at Nuwara Eliya (altitude 1800m).  Relative humidity varies from 70% during the day to 90% at night.

Ethnicity (%)

Sinhalese 73.8

Sri Lankan Tamil 3.9

Sri Lankan Moors 7.2

Indian Tamil 4.6

Other 0.5

Unspecified 10

Rainfall

North-East Monsoon (December to March)

South-West Monsoon (June to October)