Generic Information
Sri Lanka officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean to the southwest of the Bay of Bengal and to the southeast of the Arabian Sea. The island is historically and culturally intertwined with the Indian subcontinent, but is geographically separated from the Indian subcontinent by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait. For a generic country overview, please consult the following sources:
Generic Information
Wikipedia information on Sri Lanka
Economist Intelligence Unit information on Sri Lanka*
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Humanitarian Info
UNOCHA information on Sri Lanka
Facts and Figures
Wolfram Alpha information on Sri Lanka