Colombo is Sri Lanka's executive and judicial capital, as well as the country's most populous city. It was designated as Sri Lanka's commercial capital in 1978, when administrative and legislative functions moved to Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Colombo is Sri Lanka's executive, judicial and commercial capital. It served as the full seat of government until 1982, when legislative and administrative functions relocated to Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte.
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colombo is associated with western-province-sri-lanka.
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Colombo is Sri Lanka's executive and judicial capital. Legislative and administrative functions moved to Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte in 1982, which is the country's official administrative capital.
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colombo is the capital of western-province-sri-lanka.
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Colombo is Sri Lanka's executive and judicial capital, as well as the country's most populous city.
Infobox: population_total
752,993
Infobox: population_as_of
2011
Infobox coordinates
6.93444 N, 79.84278 E
Infobox: area_km2
37.31 km2
Infobox: elevation_m
1 m
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It is also the administrative capital of the Western Province and the district capital of Colombo District.
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- Wikidata Q35381, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).
- In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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