Fun fact 3 about Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka was the first Asian country known to have a female ruler: Anula of Anuradhapura, who reigned from 47 to 42 BCE.
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65,610 km²
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Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, formerly known as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It is located in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, and is separated from India by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait.
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