Sri Lanka
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Codes and identifiers
- ISO alpha-2
- LK
- ISO alpha-3
- LKA
- ISO numeric
- 144
- FIPS 10-4
- CE
- GeoNames ID
- 1227603
Key facts
- Capital
- Colombo
- Area
- 65,610 km²
- Population
- 21,670,000
- Currency
- Rupee (LKR)
- Calling code
- +94
- Top-level domain
- .lk
- Official languages
- si,ta,en
Continent
- Name
- Asia
- Code
- AS
- In this dataset
- 51 countries
Location
- Latitude
- 7.75
- Longitude
- 80.75
- Min latitude
- 5.923732815000051
- Min longitude
- 79.65577233200008
- Max latitude
- 9.829575914000088
- Max longitude
- 81.89031009200005
Boundary
The API call behind this page
Request
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
"https://geosearch.dev/v1/countries/LK?fields=iso_code,iso3_code,name,capital,population,area_sq_km,currency_code,continent_code"Response
{
"data": {
"area_sq_km": 65610,
"capital": "Colombo",
"continent_code": "AS",
"currency_code": "LKR",
"iso3_code": "LKA",
"iso_code": "LK",
"name": "Sri Lanka",
"population": 21670000
}
}Formatted for reading. The API returns the same JSON on one line.
Other endpoints for this country
/v1/countries/LK/regions/v1/cities?country=LK/v1/postal-codes?country=LK/v1/timezones?country=LK
Name in other languages
- Arabic
- سريلانكا
- Chinese
- 斯里兰卡
- English
- Sri Lanka
- French
- Sri Lanka
- German
- Sri Lanka
- Hindi
- श्रीलंका
- Italian
- Sri Lanka
- Japanese
- スリランカ
- Korean
- 스리랑카
- Portuguese
- Sri Lanka
- Russian
- Шри-Ланка
- Spanish
- Sri Lanka
- Total language variants
- 126
The API returns any of them with ?lang=.
Time zones
| IANA ID | UTC offset | DST offset |
|---|---|---|
| Asia/Colombo | UTC+05:30 | UTC+05:30 |
Postal code format
- Format
- #####
- Pattern
^(\d{5})$
First-level administrative regions
- Western Province
- Central Province
- Southern Province
- North Western Province
- Sabaragamuwa Province
- Eastern Province
- Province of Uva
- North Central Province
- Northern Province
9 of 9 shown, largest first
Largest cities
| City | Population |
|---|---|
| Colombo | 648,034 |
| Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia | 219,827 |
| Maharagama | 195,355 |
| Jaffna | 169,102 |
| Moratuwa | 168,280 |
| Negombo | 137,223 |
| Pita Kotte | 118,179 |
| Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte | 115,826 |
| Kandy | 111,701 |
| Trincomalee | 108,420 |
Coverage in this dataset
- Cities
- 17,855
- First-level regions
- 9
- Postal codes
- 1,837
- Name languages
- 126
- Boundary polygon
- Yes
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