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[48] [49] [50] The Sri Lankan Chetties, traditional merchants, along with the Bharatha people, traditional sea-traders, are both colonial South Indian migrant castes and listed as their own ethnicities in Sri Lankan census. [51] The Coast Veddas, found mainly in Eastern Sri Lanka are considered a Tamil caste among the Sri Lankan Tamils. [52]
For purposes of local government, the country of Sri Lanka is divided into nine provinces: Western, Central, Southern, Northern, Eastern, North Western, North Central, Uva, and Sabaragamuwa. (The Northern and Eastern Provinces have however, technically been jointly administered since 1988.) Each of the districts is divided into divisions.
King Shaka International Airport handled 4.99 million passengers in the 2023–2024 financial year, with the majority (4.7 million) being domestic passengers, 277,396 being international, and a small percentage of traffic being classified as "unscheduled". 41,116 aircraft traffic movements were recorded; the majority again being domestic services.
In January 2022, however the foreign ministry in Sri Lanka slammed Ambika's remarks and sentiments over the current situation of human rights and labour rights in Sri Lanka. She was alleged by foreign ministry for having hidden agendas by spreading false information and accused her of being part of LTTE propaganda.
2014 - Accredited by the Joint Commission International (JCI)(1st JCI Accredited Hospital in Sri Lanka) - Gold Seal of Approval. [4] 2014 - Liaison office is opened in the Maldives. [5] 2017 - Radiology Department updated with state of the art equipment and Laboratory operations re-accredited with ISO 15189:2012.
Sri Lanka's central and southern parts are home to montane forests, sub-montane forests and to lowland rainforests. In contrast, sparse forests, mangroves, riverine dry forests and monsoon forests are located in the dry zone. These forest covers in Sri Lanka have been greatly reduced by legal and illegal forest clearing. [3]
This is a list of reptiles of Sri Lanka. The reptilian diversity in Sri Lanka is higher than the diversity of other vertebrates such as mammals and fish with 181 reptile species. All extant reptiles are well documented through research by many local and foreign scientists and naturalists.