Sri Lanka (Asia / Southern Asia)

Geography of Sri Lanka (Asia)

Sri Lanka is an island in the Indian Ocean, located in Southern Asia, southeast of India, in a strategic location near major Indian Ocean sea lanes. It has a total area of 65,610 km², with 64,740 km² of land and 870 km² of water.

Anuradhapura (Asia / Southern Asia / Sri Lanka)

Anuradhapura, (අනුරාධපුර in Sinhala), is one of the ancient capitals of Sri Lanka, world famous for its well preserved ruins of the Great Sri Lankan Civilization. The Civilization which was built upon this city was one of the greatest civilizations of Asia and in the world.

Galle (Asia / Southern Asia / Sri Lanka)

Galle (ගාල්ල in Sinhala; காலி in Tamil) (pronounced as one syllable, rhyming with "Gaul" in English, in Sinhalese, IPA /gaːlːə/) is a town situated on the southwestern tip of Sri Lanka, 119 km from Colombo. Galle was known as Gimhathiththa (although Ibn Batuta in the 14th century refers to it as Qali) before the arrival of the Portuguese in the 16th century, when it was the main port on the island.

Sri Lanka (Asia / Southern Asia / Sri Lanka)

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (ශ්රී ලංකා in Sinhala, இலங்கை in Tamil; known as Ceylon before 1972) is an island nation in South Asia, located about 31 kilometres (18½ mi) off the southern coast of India. It is often popularly referred to as the Emerald Isle.

Colombo (Asia / Southern Asia / Sri Lanka)

Colombo (කොළඹ in Sinhala; கொழும்பு in Tamil) is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka, located on the southwest coast adjacent to the present administrative capital of Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte. The name Colombo is derived from Sinhala name Kola-amba-thota which means "harbour with leafy mango trees".

Kandy (Asia / Southern Asia / Sri Lanka)

Kandy (මහ නුවර in Sinhala கண்டி in Tamil) is a city in the centre of Sri Lanka. It is the capital of Central Province and Kandy District.

Kotte (Asia / Southern Asia / Sri Lanka)

Sri Jayewardenapura-Kotte, (ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර කෝට්ටේ in Sinhala, ஸ்ரீ ஜயவர்த்தனபுரம் கோட்டே in Tamil) also known as Kotte, is the capital of Sri Lanka. It is located beyond the eastern suburbs of the business capital Colombo.

Sri Pada (Asia / Southern Asia / Sri Lanka)

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Gulf of Mannar (Asia / Southern Asia / India / State of Tamil Nādu)

The Gulf of Mannar is an arm of the Indian Ocean, lying between the southern tip of India and the west coast of Sri Lanka at a width of between 160 and 200 km (100 to 125 mi). A chain of low islands and reefs known as Rama's Bridge, also called Adam's Bridge, separates the Gulf of Mannar from the Palk Strait, which lies to the north between India and Sri Lanka.

Sigiriya (Asia / Southern Asia / Sri Lanka)

Sigiriya is an archeological site in Central Sri Lanka. It contains the ruins of an ancient palace complex, built during the reign of King Kasyapa (477 – 495 AD).

Hatton, Sri Lanka (Asia)

Hatton (Location ) is a small town in the Nuwara-Eliya District, Central Province of Sri Lanka, a notable centre of Ceylon Tea plantations and industry. Hatton, which is locally administered by Hatton-Dickoya Urban Council, had 14,255 in population according to the census carried out in 2001.

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