ocr: SRI LANKA 450 Capital: Official Name: Colombo Democratic Population: Socialist 17.7 Republic million of Sri Lanka - - stralt Jafina, 1 Bay of Currency: Sri Lanka rupee Official Language: Sinhalese Bengal SEPARATED FROM IND IA by the Palk Strait, Sri Lanka comprises one large island and 7. several coral islets to the northwest known as Adam's Bridge. The main: The islandis fertile plains dominatedby to the of Gulf Mannar rugged central uplands. north are dissected by rivers and bordered to the southeast by the Mahaweli Ganga River. Sri Lankan affairs are dominated' by the conflict between the g ...
