Basic Facts
Land
The teardrop shaped island of Sri Lanka is positioned on the world map just off the southern end of India in the northern Indian Ocean. It lies between 50 55’ and 90 55 North of the equator and between 790 42 and 810 52’ east of the Prime Meridian. The total area is 65,610 sq km, a size roughly the same as Ireland or Tasmania with a maximum length of 445 km and breadth of 225.3 km.
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