Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte

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administrative capital city

Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is the administrative capital of Sri Lanka, located near Colombo and serving as the seat of the national legislature.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Municipal Council 1
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte area 1
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative capital ⓘ
city ⓘ
administrativeDivision Kotte Divisional Secretariat ⓘ
callingCode +94 ⓘ
capitalOf Sri Lanka ⓘ
climate tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
distanceFromColombo approximately 8–10 km southeast of central Colombo ⓘ
economicLink closely linked to Colombo economy ⓘ
elevation approximately 5–30 metres above sea level ⓘ
eraOfHistoricalKingdom 15th century ⓘ
formerName Kotte ⓘ
governingBody Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Municipal Council
governmentType municipal council ⓘ
hasBodyOfWater Diyawanna Lake ⓘ
hasFunction legislative capital of Sri Lanka ⓘ
hasNationalInstitution unicameral Parliament of Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: Parliament of Sri Lanka

several government ministries ⓘ
hasNearbyCity Battaramulla ⓘ
Maharagama ⓘ
Nugegoda ⓘ
hasParliamentBuilding unicameral Parliament of Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: Parliament of Sri Lanka
historicalRole capital of the Kingdom of Kotte ⓘ
isDeFactoCapital no ⓘ
isOfficialCapital yes ⓘ
locatedIn Western Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
locatedNear Colombo ⓘ
locatedOnIsland Sri Lanka ⓘ
nationalSymbolRole symbol of Sri Lanka’s legislative authority ⓘ
notableFeature purpose-built parliamentary complex on an island ⓘ
officialLanguage Sinhala ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
parliamentLocatedOn Diyawanna Lake ⓘ
partOf Colombo ⓘ
surface form: Colombo metropolitan area
postalCodeType postal code ⓘ
primaryReligion Buddhism ⓘ
role administrative capital of Sri Lanka ⓘ
seat of the national legislature of Sri Lanka ⓘ
secondaryReligion Christianity ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
subregion South Asia ⓘ
timeZone Sri Lanka Standard Time ⓘ
transportConnection connected to Colombo by road network ⓘ
urbanAreaType suburb of Colombo ⓘ
utcOffset +05:30 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British Ceylon → capital → Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte ⓘ
Sri Lanka → capital → Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte ⓘ
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte → governingBody → Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Municipal Council
Sri Lanka → legislativeCapital → Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte ⓘ
Kingdom of Kotte → modernLocationCorrespondsTo → Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka
Colombo → nearbyCity → Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte ⓘ
Kingdom of Kotte → notableSite → Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte area