Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is the legislative capital city of Sri Lanka, and a suburb of the largest city and former capital, Colombo. Sri Lanka formally changed its administrative capital from Colombo to Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte in 1982, marked by the inauguration of the Parliament building on 29 April 1982.
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Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is Sri Lanka's legislative and administrative capital, the seat of Parliament since 1982.
sri-jayawardenepura-kotte is associated with western-province-sri-lanka.
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Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte has been Sri Lanka's official legislative and administrative capital since 1982, when Parliament relocated there from Colombo.
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1. Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (Wikipedia)
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Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte...is the legislative capital city of Sri Lanka.
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107,925
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2012
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6.91083 N, 79.8878361 E
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17 km2
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Western Province
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