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Sri Lanka Office, South Asia
Sri Lanka Office, South Asia
Friedrich-Naumann-Foundation
51 Barnes Place
Colombo 7
Sri Lanka
Tel.: +94 11 2674 522
Fax: +94 11 2692 278
Email: officesri-lanka@fnst.org
Contact person:
National Representative: Mrs. Sagarica Delgoda
Finance and Administration: Ms. Dilmini Dissanayake
Assistant: Ms. Chandini Jayasinghe
Country Profile
OFFICIAL NAME: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
CAPITAL: Colombo (commercial)
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: Sri Lanka (formerly known as Ceylon) comprises one large island and several islets, lying east of the southern tip of the Indian subcontinent. The maximum north-south length of the island, which (including adjacent small islands) covers a land area of 64,454 sq km is 435 km, and its greatest width is 225 km. The Bay of Bengal lies to its north and east, and the Arabian Sea to its west. Sri Lanka is separated from India by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, between which there lies, in very shallow water, a chain of small islands linking Sri Lanka and India.
51 Barnes Place
Colombo 7
Sri Lanka
Tel.: +94 11 2674 522
Fax: +94 11 2692 278
Email: officesri-lanka@fnst.org
Contact person:
National Representative: Mrs. Sagarica Delgoda
Finance and Administration: Ms. Dilmini Dissanayake
Assistant: Ms. Chandini Jayasinghe
Country Profile
OFFICIAL NAME: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
CAPITAL: Colombo (commercial)
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: Sri Lanka (formerly known as Ceylon) comprises one large island and several islets, lying east of the southern tip of the Indian subcontinent. The maximum north-south length of the island, which (including adjacent small islands) covers a land area of 64,454 sq km is 435 km, and its greatest width is 225 km. The Bay of Bengal lies to its north and east, and the Arabian Sea to its west. Sri Lanka is separated from India by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, between which there lies, in very shallow water, a chain of small islands linking Sri Lanka and India.
