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Sri Lanka was the first Asian country known to have a female ruler: Anula of Anuradhapura (r. 47–42 BCE). Sri Lankan monarchs undertook some remarkable construction projects such as Sigiriya, the so-called "Fortress in the Sky", built during the reign of Kashyapa I of Anuradhapura, who ruled between 477 and 495. The Sigiriya rock fortress is ...
The Government of Sri Lanka ( GoSL) ( Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා රජය, romanized: Śrī Lankā Rajaya; Tamil: இலங்கை அரசாங்கம்) is a Semi-presidential republic determined by the Sri Lankan Constitution. It administers the island from both its commercial capital of Colombo and the administrative ...
The Ecuadorian Navy (Spanish: Armada del Ecuador) is an Ecuadorian entity responsible for the surveillance and protection of national maritime territory and has a personnel of 9,400 men to protect a coastline of 2,237 km which reaches far into the Pacific Ocean.
The first lady of Mexico (Spanish: Primera Dama de México) or first gentleman of Mexico (Spanish: Primer Caballero de México), also known as the first lady of the United Mexican States (Spanish: Primera Dama de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos) or first gentleman of the United Mexican States (Spanish: Primer Caballero de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos) are informal titles used by the spouse of the ...
Sri Lanka is officially a Buddhist country, while Sri Lankans practice a variety of religions. As of the 2012 census, 70.2% of Sri Lankans were Buddhists, 12.6% were Hindus, 9.7% were Muslims (mainly Sunni ), 7.4% were Christians (mostly Catholics ). [2] [3] Buddhism is declared as the State religion of Sri Lanka and has been given special ...
Foreign Undersecretary Carlos de Icaza (2013) Director General for Africa and the Middle East Jorge Álvarez Fuentes (2017) Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights Miguel Ruiz Cabañas (2018) High-level visits from Palestine to Mexico. Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki (2009, 2011, 2012, 2018)
Countries with Panamanian diplomatic missions. The Republic of Panama's status as major flag state for maritime vessels and owner of the Panama Canal has led to the opening missions in cities with significant harbour traffic, such as Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Mumbai, Kobe, and Santos.
Historia del tribunal del Santo Oficio de la Inquisición en México. 2nd edition. Mexico City 1954. Seed, Patricia. To Love, Honor, and Obey in Colonial Mexico: Conflicts over Marriage Choices, 1574-1821. Stanford: Stanford University Press 1988. Sicroff, Albert A. Los estatutos de limpieza de sangre. Translated by Mauro Armiño. Madrid ...