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Explore the world, one country at a time.
Country profiles, flag guides, US states, capitals, currencies and travel inspiration — researched and written for curious travellers.
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Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is a tropical island nation in the Indian Ocean off India's south-east coast, ringed by beaches and threaded with tea-growing highlands and ancient Buddhist sites like Sigiriya and Anuradhapura.
- Capital
- Colombo
- Population
- 22M
- Currency
- Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR)
- Continent
- Asia
Every flag, every nation.
A wall of national flags from across the world. Click any flag to read its design history, adoption date, and the symbolism of its colours. Showing 24 of 198.
Cities and landmarks worth the trip.
United States of America
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States of the union.
Twenty-eight at random from all fifty states plus the District of Columbia and the territories — capitals, statehoods, mottoes, populations and flags.
- New York
- Puerto Rico
- Wisconsin
- Navassa Island
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Washington, D.C.
- North Carolina
- Georgia
- Louisiana
- Wake Island
- Delaware
- Montana
- Maine
- West Virginia
- South Dakota
- Mississippi
- Minnesota
- Alabama
- Wyoming
- Illinois
- Arizona
- American Samoa
- Missouri
- Guam
- California
- Massachusetts
- Pennsylvania
