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Map of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) from 1851 print. The image for this print was digitally
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is the capital city of Sri Lanka. It is located in the southwestern part of the country. It's lies between latitue of 6.8868° N and longitude of 79.9187° E. It has a population of 115,826, covers an area of 17 km2 (7 sq mi).
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Until 1972 the country was known as Ceylon. The islands cover an area of 65,610 km², compared the country is about 1.5 times the size of Denmark, or slightly larger than the U.S. state West Virginia.
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Ceylon was the name of an independent nation that existed from 1948 to 1972 in the region that is now the present-day Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. The island state was located some 19.3 miles off India's southern coast.
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Sri Lanka, formerly known as Ceylon, is in South Asia. In the Indian Ocean just south of India, Sri Lanka is an island known for its natural beauty. Sri Lanka has stunning beaches all along its coastline, great wildlife and biodiversity, tea plantations, orchards, temples, monuments, and a cultural heritage dating back several millennia. gov.lk
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Ceylon was a British crown colony that existed from 1815 to 1948 when it was granted independence and became an independent country within the Commonwealth of nations from 1948 to 1972. In 1072, it became a republic but remained within the Commonwealth and the name changed to Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka is one of nearly 200 countries illustrated on our Blue Ocean Laminated Map of the World. This map shows a combination of political and physical features. It includes country boundaries, major cities, major mountains in shaded relief, ocean depth in blue color gradient, along with many other features. This is a great map for students.
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My Maps Maps of Sri Lanka Map of the island of Ceylon Srí Lanka Surveyor general's office 1881 1881 1:506 880 Ceylon Insvla Zeilan, olim Taprobana, nunc incolis Tenarisim
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Sri Lanka ; Tamil: இலங்கை, romanized: Ilaṅkai ), historically known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian peninsula by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait. Sri Lanka shares a maritime border with the Maldives in the south.
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Sri Lanka - British Rule, Colonialism, Independence: The British East India Company's conquest of Sri Lanka, which the British called Ceylon, occurred during the wars of the French Revolution (1792-1801). When the Netherlands came under French control, the British began to move into Sri Lanka from India. The Dutch, after a halfhearted resistance, surrendered the island in 1796.
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The first European to visit Ceylon was Lourenço de Almeida (c. 1480-1508), son of the first viceroy of India, Francesco de Almeida. He bumped into Sri Lanka on his way to the Maldives from Malacca seeking Arab ships to plunder and destroy. Lourenço made the most of his accidental landing and took on a load of pepper.
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Location of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka, an island in the Indian Ocean, is located to the south of the Indian subcontinent. It lies between 5°55′ and 9°55′ north of the equator and between the eastern longitudes 79°42′ and 81°52′. Sri Lanka is shaped like a giant teardrop falling from the southern tip of the vast Indian subcontinent.
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As a British crown colony, the island was known as Ceylon; it achieved independence as the Dominion of Ceylon in 1948. The country is now known in Sinhala as Śrī Laṅkā ( Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා) and in Tamil as Ilaṅkai ( Tamil: இலங்கை, IPA: [iˈlaŋɡaɪ] ). In 1972, its formal name was changed to "Free, Sovereign and Independent Republic of Sri Lanka".
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Ceylon. BARTHOLOMEW 1949 old vintage map plan chart RM 2B00R73 - Sri Lanka: 17th century Dutch East India Company manuscript map of Galle (detail).
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The island was ceded to the British in 1796, became a crown colony in 1802, and was formally united under British rule by 1815. As Ceylon, it became independent in 1948; its name was changed to Sri Lanka in 1972. Prevailing tensions between the Sinhalese majority and Tamil separatists erupted into war in July 1983.
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The island nation is located 30 km (19 mi) southeast of the southern coast of India in the Indian Ocean, between the Laccadive Sea in the west and the Bay of Bengal in the east. In 1948, British Ceylon was granted independence. In 1972 the island became a republic within the Commonwealth, and its name was changed to Sri Lanka.