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List of countries and territories by motor vehicles per capita. China became the world's largest new car market in 2009. Countries and territories listed by the number of road motor vehicles per 1,000 inhabitants are as follows. Motor vehicles include cars, vans, buses, freight, and other trucks, but not two-wheelers. [citation needed]
The World Trade Center (also known as WTC Colombo or WTCC) ( Sinhala: ලෝක වෙළෙඳ මධ්යස්ථානය, romanized: Lōka Veḷen̆da Madhyasthānaya; Tamil: உலக வர்த்தக மையம், romanized: Ulaka Varttaka Maiyam) is a 152-metre-tall (499 ft) twin building in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The 39-storey ...
Geography of Sri Lanka. / 7°N 81°E / 7; 81. Sri Lanka, formerly called Ceylon, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean, southeast of the Indian subcontinent, in a strategic location near major sea lanes. [1] The nation has a total area of 65,610 square kilometres (25,330 sq mi), with 64,630 square kilometres (24,950 sq mi) of land and ...
A statue of the Buddha on Athugala (Elephant Rock), measuring 88 feet (27 m) Clock Tower, Kurunegala. Kurunegala had a citadel in the 13th century. Its ascendancy as an ancient capital of Sri Lanka began with a series of events that took place during the late 12th century at Yapahuwa.
The Mahaweli River ( Sinhala: මහවැලි ගඟ, literally "Great Sandy River"; Tamil: மகாவலி ஆறு [ mahawali gangai ]), [ 2] is a 335 km (208 mi) long river, ranking as the longest river in Sri Lanka. It has a drainage basin of 10,448 km 2 (4,034 sq mi), the largest in the country, which covers almost one-fifth of the ...
Below is a list of countries in Asia by area. [ 1] Russia is the largest country in Asia and the world, even after excluding its European portion. The Maldives is the smallest country in Asia. Country / dependency. %.
Lotus Tower (Sinhala: නෙළුම් කුළුණ; Tamil: தாமரைக் கோபுரம்), also referred to as Colombo Lotus Tower, is a 351.5 m (1,153 ft) tall tower, located in Colombo, Sri Lanka. [1] [2] It has been called a symbolic landmark of Sri Lanka. [3]
Sri Lanka's population, (1871–2001) Sri Lanka has roughly 22,156,000 people and an annual population growth rate of 0.5%. The birth rate is 13.8 births per 1,000 people, and the death rate is 6.0 deaths per 1,000 people. [ 267] Population density is highest in western Sri Lanka, especially in and around the capital.