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Facts and figures
| Full name | Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka | | Area | 66,000 sq km | | Population | 19 million | | Capital city | Colombo (pop 2 million) | | People | 74% Sinhalese, 18% Tamils, 7% Moor, 1% other | | Languages | Sinhala, Tamil, English | | Government | Democracy | | Major products and industries | Processing of rubber, tea, coconuts, and other agriculturalcommodities; clothing, cement, petroleum, textiles, tobacco, rice, oilseed, spices, milk, eggs, beef | | Major trading partners | US, UK, Germany, Japan, Singapore, India, Iran, Taiwan, Belgium, Hong Kong, China, South Korea |
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