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Land area
65,610
sq km
Population
19m
(2002 mid-year estimate)
Main
towns
Population
in '000 (2001)
Colombo
(capital) 2,266 Kandy 1,288
Gampaha
2,077 Kalutara 1,069
Kurunegala
1,461 Ratnapura 1,020
Climate
Tropical
Weather
in Colombo
Hottest
month, May, 26-31°C (average daily minimum
and maximum); coldest month, December, 22-29°C;
driest month, February, 69 mm average rainfall;
wettest month, May, 371 mm average rainfall
Languages
Sinhala,
Tamil, English
Measures
The
metric system is now predominant
Currency
Rupee
(SLRs)=100 cents. Average exchange rate in
2002: SLRs97.3:US$1. Exchange rate on May
26th 2003: SLRs95.7.US$1
Time
Five
hours ahead of GMT
Sri Lanka Basic Electricity Data |
| Total
Installed Capacity |
1607
MW |
| Total
Hydro Power |
1140
MW |
| Small
Hydro Power |
257.1
MW |
| Conventional
Thermal Power |
460
MW |
| Small
Hydro Power Potential |
97.4
MW |
| Renewable
Energy |
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| Nuclear
Energy |
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