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Parliament Building in Colombo
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| Cities |
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- Colombo (682,046)
- Dehiwala Mount Lavinia (232,220)
- Moratuwa (202,021)
- Negambo (142,451)
- Trincomalee (131,954)
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- Kotte (125,914)
- Kandy (119,186)
- Kalmunai (103,879)
- Vavuniya (101,143)
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Seema Buddha statues
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Jami-ul-Afar mosque
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| Demographics |
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- Population: 21,324,791
- Life Expectancy: 75.14 years
- Literacy: 90.7%
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- Median Age: 30.9 years
- Suffrage: 18 years of age, universal
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Murugan Hindu Temple
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| Languages |
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- Sinhala (official and national language) 74%
- Tamil (national language) 18%
- other 8%
- note: English is commonly used in government and is spoken
competently by about 10% of the population
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| Religion |
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- Buddhist 69.1%
- Muslim 7.6%
- Hindu 7.1%
- Christian 6.2%
- unspecified 10%
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