Regional Information-
Capital CityColombo
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Regional RelationshipsNo disputes
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Environmental: Goals/Challenges/Agreements
Challenges
Deforestation; soil erosion; wildlife populations threatened by poaching and urbanization; coastal degradation from mining activities and increased pollution; freshwater resources being polluted by industrial wastes and sewage runoff; waste disposal; air pollution in Colombo
International Agreements
Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Marine Life Conservation
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Humanitarian Projects -
Native Languages Castilian Spanish (official) 74%, Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2%, are official regionally
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Climate Tropical monsoon; northeast monsoon (December to March); southwest monsoon (June to October)
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