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Sri Lanka was already known to Jews living in Kerala as early as the 3rd century BC. Yemeni Jewish traders used to visit Sri Lanka for trade. In the 10th century, Abu Zeid al Hasan, an Arab Muslim traveller from Siraf, Persia, stated that there were "a great number of Jews" in Serendib, as Sri Lanka was known to the Arabs. [1]
Sri Lanka's population is aging faster than any other nation in South Asia and has the fifth highest rapidly growing population of older people in Asia after China, Thailand, South Korea and Japan. [16] [17] [18] In 2015, Sri Lanka's population aged over 60 was 13.9%, by 2030 this will increase to 21% and by 2050 this number will reach 27.4%.
Category: Sri Lankan people of Jewish descent. 1 language. ... Sri Lankan Jews (5 P) This page was last edited on 29 February 2024, at 06:56 (UTC). ...
Sri Lankan people of Jewish descent (1 C) I. Israel–Sri Lanka relations (2 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Jews and Judaism in Sri Lanka"
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The following is a list of settlements in Sri Lanka with a population over 50,000. Cities. City Image DS Division District Province Population Area [1] Density (/km 2 ...
Sri Lankan Chetties; Total population; 6,075 (2012 census) Regions with significant populations; Province: Western: 5,427: Northern: 348: Central: 193: Languages; Sinhala English Tamil: Religion; Christianity (mostly Roman Catholic and Anglican), Hinduism Types Sinhala Chetties (Sri Lankan) English Chetties Tamil Chetties (Indian)
The New York City Metropolitan Area contains the largest Sri Lankan community in the United States, receiving the highest legal permanent resident Sri Lankan immigrant population, [36] followed by Central New Jersey and the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Little Sri Lanka in the Tompkinsville neighborhood of the borough of Staten Island in ...