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Post office

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Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP For national postal networks, sometimes called "the Post Office", see mail. For other uses, see Post Office (disambiguation). "Posting house" redirects here. For other uses, see Post House. The General Post Office Building in Shanghai, China. A post office is a customer service facility forming part of a national postal system. [1] Post offices offer mail-related services such as acceptance of letters and parcels; provision of post office boxes; and sale of postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. In addition, many post offices offer additional services: providing and accepting government forms (such as passport applications), processing government services and fees (such as road tax), and banking services (such as savings accounts and money orders). [2] The chief administrator of a post office is called a postmaster. Prior to the advent of postal and ZIP codes, postal systems would route items to a specific post office for recei...

Nuwara Eliya

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Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP For the district, see Nuwara Eliya District. City in Central Province, Sri Lanka Nuwara Eliya නුවර එළිය   (Sinhalese) நுவரெலியா   (Tamil) City Nuwara Eliya Nuwara Eliya Town Hall and racecourse Ground Nickname(s): Little England Nuwara Eliya Map of Sri Lanka showing the location of Nuwara Eliya Coordinates: 6°58′0″N 80°46′0″E  /  6.96667°N 80.76667°E  / 6.96667; 80.76667 Coordinates: 6°58′0″N 80°46′0″E  /  6.96667°N 80.76667°E  / 6.96667; 80.76667 Country Sri Lanka Province Central Province District Nuwara Eliya District Government  • Type Municipal Council Area  • Urban 13 km 2 (5 sq mi) Elevation 1,868 m (6,129 ft) Population (2011 census)  ...

Sinhalese language

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Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP Sinhalese සිංහල sinhala Region Sri Lanka Native speakers 17.0 million (2012) [1] 3 million L2 speakers (2012) [1] Language family Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Southern Zone Insular Indic Sinhalese Early form Elu Dialects Vedda (perhaps a creole) Writing system Sinhala alphabet Sinhalese Braille (Bharati Braille) Official status Official language in   Sri Lanka Language codes ISO 639-1 si ISO 639-2 sin ISO 639-3 sin Glottolog sinh1246 [2] Linguasphere 59-ABB-a Sinhalese ( / ˌ s ɪ n ( h ) ə ˈ l iː z , ˌ s ɪ ŋ ( ɡ ) ə -/ ), known natively as Sinhala (Sinhalese: සිංහල ; siṁhala [ˈsiŋɦələ] ), [3] is the native language of the Sinhalese people, who make up the largest ethnic group in Sri Lanka, numbering about 16 million. [4] [5] [6] Sinhalese is also spoken as a second language by other ethn...