#language si-lk ## This template should be used for Sri Lanka ## මෙම ටෙම්ප්ලේටය ශ්‍රී ලංකාව තුල සංවිධානය කරන ඉසව් සදහා යොදාගත හැක. = SFD 2012/Sri Lanka = '''Sri Lanka''' (~-English pronunciation: -~[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English|/sriˈlɑːŋkə/]], sriˈlæŋkə, or ʃriˈlɑːŋkə; ~-local pronunciation: -~[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA|[ˌɕriːˈlaŋkaː]]]; [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinhala_language|Sinhala]]: ශ්‍රී ලංකා, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_language|Tamil]]: இலங்கை), officially the '''Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka''' and known as '''Ceylon''' ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English|/sɪˈlɒn/]]) before 1972, is an [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_country|island country]] in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Asia|South Asia]], located about 31 kilometres (19.3 mi) off the southern coast of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India|India]]. As a result of its location in the path of major sea routes, Sri Lanka is a strategic naval link between [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Asia|West Asia]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_East_Asia|South East Asia]]. It has also been a center of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism|Buddhist]] religion and culture from ancient times and is one of the few remaining abodes of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism|Buddhism]] in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Asia|South Asia]], including [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladakh|Ladakh]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhutan|Bhutan]] and the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chittagong_Hill_Tracts|Chittagong Hill Tracts]], as well as being a bastion of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism|Hinduism]]. The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinhalese_people|Sinhalese]] community forms the majority of the population; [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamils|Tamils]], who are concentrated in the north and east of the island, form the largest [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minority_group|ethnic minority]]. Other communities include [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Moors|Moors]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgher_people|Burghers]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Kaffir_people|Kaffirs]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malays_(ethnic_group)|Malays]] and the indigenous [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedda_people|Vedda people]]. For more infomations, Pls; refer the wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka == නගරය == <> == නව නගරයක් තනන්න == <> ---- CategoryCountry2012