SRI LANKA FACT FILE - 2009

Land Area: 65,610 sq. km

Excluding Inland Waters: 62,336 sq. km

Location: 880 kms North of the equator, off the Southern tip of India.

Geography: Excluding Inland Water-62,336 sq kms

Highest Waterfall: Bambarakanda-241 meters

Highest Peak: Piduruthalagala-2524 meters

Longest River: Mahaweli-335 kms

Capital: Sri Jayawardenapura

Commercial Capital: Colombo  

National Day: February, 04

Administrative Units: 9 Provinces, 25 Districts
                                   256 Divisional Secretariats, 160 Electorates

Climate: Temperature(Mean annual) 270c in the Lowland, 150c at Nuwaraeliya(Altitude1800m) Relative  Humidity varies from 70% during the Day to90% at Night.
Rain Fall(annual) 2500mm to over in South West of the Island Less than 1250mm in North West and South East of the Island.
 Rainy Seasons;
South West Monsoon-(May to August)
North East Monsoon-(November to February)

Total Population:  19,887,000 (Male-49%- Female-51%)                               
Density per sq.km.-304 persons                                                 
Growth rate-0.943%

Languages: Sinhala,Tamil and English

Ethnicity: Sinhala-74%;  Sri Lankan Tamils-12.6%;  Indian Tamils-4.6%; Moors-7.2%;  Others-1.6%

Religions:  Buddhist- 69%;    Muslim- 8%;  Hindu- 7%; Christian - 6%;    Unspecified- 10%        
                       
Literacy rate: 93% (Male-92%  Female-89%)

Life expectancy at birth:  75 Years (Male - 71 : Female - 75 )

Educational Attainment: No Schooling - 8.0%;    Primary - 30.2%;  Secondary - 37.2%;   
Tertiary - 23.9%

Total number of Schools:10,363(Government - 9678, Private - 85 and  Pirivenas - 600) Students Population:3,942,327  
     
Total Fertility Rate (TFR): 02 children per woman

Contraceptive prevalence Rate (CPR):  15-49 years 70.8 per cent

CPR modern methods:  49.5 per cent  
  
CPR Traditional methods:  21.3 per cent

Infant Mortality Rate:  19/1,000 live births

HIV/AIDS Positives Cases:    996 (Male- 60%, Female- 40%)  
     
Number of Persons living with HIV: 4,000 (178 died)

Abortions:  530 per day

Suicide Rate:  22 per 100,000

Communications: 14 TV channels; 02 Cable TV Channels,  41 Radio channels(14 Government+27 Private)  31 broadsheet Newspapers, 61 weeklies and Monthly Newspapers

TV Sets : 4.1 million       

TV Viewers:  13.6 million

Credit Cards: 904,903

Internet  Users:  01 million

Computer Literacy: 16.1% (Urban 29% / Rural 13%)

Land  / CDMA Phones: 3.45 million 

Mobile Phones:   11.08 million

Electricity:   220-240Volts

Availability of electricity:   62%

Availability of a TV   67%

Currency & Equivalents:      US$ 1=120 SL Rupees                  
                                            EURO 1 =146 SL Rupees
Sterling Pound 1 = 187 SL Rupees

Annual per capita income:   US$ 1000   
                      
Forest Cover:  24%

Water Falls:  382  (www.srilankanwaterfalls.net)   

Access to safe drinking water: Urban-82% ;  Rural-35%

Agriculture:  The main food crops grown are rice, maize, sorghum and pulses. The main cash crops         grown for export are tea, rubber, sugar cane.   
    
Major exports: Garments, Gemstones, Tea, Rubber, \ Coconut  and Textiles

Annual GDP per Capita: $ 4,100

Labour Force:  Agriculture-33%; Industry and commerce-23%;  Services & Others-44%

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