Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Location to India Inhabitants Economic Details Main Types of Employment Religion Breakdown

Location to India Surrounded by the Bay of Bengal, the Gulf of Mannar, the Indian Ocean, and the Palk Strait. located on the bottom right of southern India. back

Inhabitants Sinhalese Vedda Tamil Muslims Moors Upper classes Sri Lanka Tamils & the Indian Tamils back

Economic Details Plantation Agriculture Traditional Sector

Western Seaboard——Coconuts Dry Zone——Rice Wet Zone——Tea Leaves Rubber Western Seaboard——Coconuts back

Main Types of Employment Ceylon’s biggest employment is producing tea. Ceylon is the 3rd biggest tea making country. It has a tea producing business of about 187,309 hectares.

Main Types of Employment It has a 9% of production share (in the international sphere), and a share of about 19% of global demand for tea. back

Religion Breakdown Buddhism Hinduism Islam Christian

Buddhism Buddhism is the major religion in Sri Lanka.

Hinduism It is dominant among the Tamil ethnic group.

Islam Arab traders settled down in Sri Lanka.

Christian Most of the Christians are Roman Catholics.

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