Size
The Island occupies some 25,332 sq. miles (about the size of Scotland) and the population is about 20,000,000 people (Scotland has about 5,000,000 people).

Cities
The Commercial Capital is Colombo with a population of approximately 800,000. (Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte is the legislative capital )


Other large cities include - Jaffna, Kandy, Galle
Ports - Colombo, Trincomalee, and Galle
International Airport - Katunayake (20 miles from Colombo)

Terrain
Coastal plains, central hills, mountains (highest mountain: Pidurutalagala 8,281 feet)

Time Difference
Standard time in Sri Lanka is 5.5 hours ahead of GMT. Time now in Colombo is: