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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Thomas' College, Mutwal and the Colombo Academy (Royal College).
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Colombo, British Ceylon
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The University of Colombo (informally Colombo University or UoC) is a public research university located primarily in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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Colombo ( kə-LUM-boh; Sinhala: කොළඹ, romanised: Koḷam̆ba, IPA: [ˈkoləᵐbə]; Tamil: கொழும்பு, romanised: Koḻumpu, IPA: [koɻumbɯ]) is Sri Lanka's executive and judicial capital, as well as the country's most populous city.
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752,993
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2011
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6.93444 N, 79.84278 E
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37.31
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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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