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Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte

Southern Asia

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. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Population
115,826 1
Area (sq km)
17 2
Population Estimate Year
2012 2
Elevation (m)
27 1
Latitude
6.91083 degrees north 2
Longitude
79.887836 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Tropical 4
Time Zone
UTC+05:30 3
Connections

Associated With

Sri Lanka, Countries

Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is Sri Lanka's legislative and administrative capital, the seat of Parliament since 1982.

Source Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (Wikipedia)
Western Province, States or Territories

sri-jayawardenepura-kotte is associated with western-province-sri-lanka.

Source Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (Wikipedia)

Capital Of

Sri Lanka, Countries

Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte has been Sri Lanka's official legislative and administrative capital since 1982, when Parliament relocated there from Colombo.

Source Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (Wikidata)
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 27 m
  • In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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2. Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte...is the legislative capital city of Sri Lanka.
  • Infobox: population_total
    107,925
  • Infobox: population_as_of
    2012 census
  • Infobox coordinates
    6.91083 N, 79.8878361 E
  • Infobox: area_km2
    17 km2
  • Infobox: subdivision_name1
    Western Province
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3. GeoNames: Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 1238992
    6.88297 79.90708 P PPL LK 36 11 1124 115826 27 Asia/Colombo
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 27 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 6.75, 79.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 6.75, 79.75
6.75 79.75 Af
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Wikidata: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Wikidata Q41963, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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