Free Dictionary state Colombo is the capital. Parliament is located 9 km / 5 miles from downtown Colombo in the suburb, or satellite city, of Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte. Thus you will see other publications describe SJK as the legislative capital, and Colombo as the commercial, judicial and executive capital, for example the CIA Factbook and Wikipedia. As a visitor to Colombo several times, I modestly claim a reasonable grasp of this topic!
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Free Dictionary state Colombo is the capital. Parliament is located 9 km / 5 miles from downtown Colombo in the suburb, or satellite city, of Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte. Thus you will see other publications describe SJK as the legislative capital, and Colombo as the commercial, judicial and executive capital, for example the CIA Factbook and Wikipedia. As a visitor to Colombo several times, I modestly claim a reasonable grasp of this topic!