Sri Lanka is an island country in the Indian Ocean. It lies just 30 kilometres south-east of India. It has mountains in the south-central region. Elsewhere it is mainly low lying with flat coastal plains.

Do Sri Lanka speak English?

English in Sri Lanka is fluently spoken by approximately 23.8% of the population, and widely used for official and commercial purposes. It is the native language of approximately 74,000 people, mainly in urban areas.

Why is Sri Lanka bad?

3 Reasons Why Sri Lanka is Poor. Sri Lanka has been torn by civil war since 1983. The war resulted from ethnic tensions between the Buddhist Sinhalese majority and the Hindu Tamil minority. One of the main pockets of poverty that remains in Sri Lanka is in the former conflict districts in the Northern Province.