Sri Lanka {ex-Ceylon}

estimate population 19,615,300 - Capital City: Colombo

Sri Lanka's major cities are Colombo, Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia, Moratuwa, Jaffna, Kandy, and Sri Jayawardenapura-Kotte. Both Sinhalese and Tamil are official languages. Minerals and rocks such as quartz, mica, feldspar, graphite, and silica sand are mined extensively. If you're looking for precious gemstones such as rubies, aquamarines, topazes, garnets, moonstones, amethysts, sapphires, or zircons to buy, then you must visit wonderful Sri Lanka.

 

 

 

 

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