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Friday 1 August 2014

Sri Lanka

Introduction:
Where is Sri Lanka? What is Sri Lanka? Is it a person or country? Keep reading and you’ll find out.

What is Sri Lanka:
To start off, Sri Lanka is a small country. The continent of Sri Lanka is Southern Asia. Colombo is the capital of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka's population is 20.33 million. Wow! There are more people in Sri Lanka than in New Zealand.

Culture & language:
There are two languages that people in Sri Lanka use.
The first one is the Sinhala language. Sinhala is one of their national languages. The second language is the Tamil language. The Tamil language is mostly spoken by people in Northern East Sri Lanka.

Popular sport:
Volleyball is a national sport in Sri Lanka. Cricket is the most popular sport in Sri Lanka. Rugby union is also is also popular. There are other sports that people like to  play in Sri Lanka. The sports are Water sports, Badminton, Athletics, Football, Basketball and Tennis.      



Flag:
By looking at the Sri Lanka flag, around the backround is a yellow border. On its left is two stripes, the first colour is green and the second colour is saffron. Theres a yellow lion. At the back of the lion is a maroon background.

Did you know facts:
1. Sri Lanka is a country that has a lot of waterfall, so most of their electricity is powered by Hydroelectric Power energy.
2. Sri Lanka is one of the world’s largest tea exports.
3. In Sri Lanka, when someone shaking they head side to side. It actually means “yes”.
4. Sri Lanka is known as a pear island due to its shape.

Words in the story:
Continent mean…..  
Parts of the world’s mainland.  
Population mean….
How many people or thing in a area.
Saffron mean….
It’s a golden yellow type of colour.
Hydroelectric mean….
flowing water that creates every. Just by use water.