The ownership of land is regulated by the laws of a country. As a rule there are private land, crown land, and long term land leasing arrangements from the crown. Unlike in the African and North American countries, the centuries of colonization in the island of Sri Lanka did not result in the loss of land to the outsiders. The land continued to belong to the local people once the colonizers left the island.
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LTTE-PS-Demographic Changes Tamil Homeland prior to ceasefire