Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte , city and legislative capital of Sri Lanka . It is located in the southwestern part of the country, about 5 miles (8 km) southeast of the commercial capital of Colombo, of which it was once a suburb. Colombo (/ kəˈlʌmboʊ / kə-LUM-boh; [2] Sinhala: කොළඹ, romanised: Koḷam̆ba, IPA: [ˈkoləᵐbə]; Tamil: கொழும்பு, romanised: Koḻumpu, IPA: [koɻumbɯ]) is the executive and judicial capital [3] and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. The Colombo metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of 5.6 million, [4][5][6][7] and 752,993 [1] within the municipal limits. It is the financial centre of the island and a tourist destination. [8] It is located ... Sri Lanka is an island country lying in the Indian Ocean and separated from peninsular India by the Palk Strait. Proximity to the Indian subcontinent has facilitated close cultural interaction between Sri Lanka and India from ancient times. Sri Lanka gained independence from Britain in 1948.
