Colombo (lka)

Colombo

Colombo ranks 727th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Arles, Mississauga, and Blackpool. Memorable people born in Colombo include Ananda Coomaraswamy, Tony Hoare, and Jack Churchill. Memorable people who died in Colombo include Arthur C. Clarke, J. R. Jayewardene, and William Gopallawa. Colombo has been the birth place of many politicians and military personnels and the death place of many politicians and writers. Colombo is located in Sri Lanka.

Colombo is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, the Colombo metropolitan area has a population of 5.6 million, and 752,993 in the Municipality. It is the financial centre of the island and a tourist destination. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to the Greater Colombo area which includes Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, the legislative capital of Sri Lanka, and Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia. Colombo is often referred to as the capital since Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is itself within the urban/suburban area of Colombo. It is also the administrative capital of the Western Province and the district capital of Colombo District. Colombo is a busy and vibrant city with a mixture of modern life, colonial buildings and monuments. Read more on Wikipedia