Colombo
Colombo is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka, and still perceived by many as the capital though the suburb of Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is now the official capital.
- City with about 648,000 residents
- …has the IATA airport code CMB
- Description: largest city and de facto capital of Sri Lanka
Places of Interest
Highlights include Old Colombo Lighthouse and One Galle Face.
Old Colombo Lighthouse
Old Colombo Lighthouse or Colombo Fort Clock Tower is a clock tower and was a lighthouse in Colombo.
One Galle Face
One Galle Face is a mixed-use complex of buildings near the Galle Face Green in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Sugathadasa Stadium
Sugathadasa Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kotahena and Slave Island.
Bloemendhal
Suburb
Bloemendhal is a suburb in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Colombo
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Latitude
6.9389° or 6° 56′ 20″ north
Longitude
79.8542° or 79° 51′ 15″ east
UN/LOCODE
LK CMB
Open location code
6JRXWVQ3+GM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Colombo” goes by many names.
ColomboAfrikaans
KolomboAfrikaans
KolomboAlbanian
ኮሎምቦAmharic
كولمبوArabic
كولومبوArabic
ColomboAragonese
ԿոլոմբոArmenian
ColomboAsturian
ColombuAsturian
KolomboAzerbaijani
ColomboBalinese
КоломбоBashkir
KolonboBasque
КаломбаBelarusian
কলোম্বোBengali
कोलंबोBhojpuri
कोलम्बोBhojpuri
ColomboBosnian
ColomboBreton
КоломбоBulgarian
ကိုလံဘိုမြို့Burmese
ColomboCatalan
ColomboCebuano
Colombo (ulohang dakbayan)Cebuano
کۆلۆمبۆCentral Kurdish
可倫坡Chinese
哥伦坡Chinese
哥倫坡Chinese
哥林堡Chinese
科伦坡Chinese
科伦坡/可倫坡/科倫坡/哥伦坡Chinese
科倫坡Chinese
高朗务Chinese
高郎步Chinese
ColomboCroatian
ColomboCzech
KolomboCzech
ColomboDanish
ކޮޅުނބުDhivehi
KolomboDimli (individual language)
कोलम्बोDotyali
ColomboDutch
كولمبوEgyptian Arabic
ColomboEsperanto
KolomboEsperanto
ColomboEstonian
ColomboFiji Hindi
ColomboFinnish
ColomboGalician
კოლომბოGeorgian
ΚολόμποGreek
KolómboGuarani
કોલંબોGujarati
KolonboHaitian
KolomboHausa
קולומבוHebrew
कोलंबोHindi
ColomboHungarian
KólombóIcelandic
ColomboIdo
ColomboInari Sami
ColomboIndonesian
KolomboIndonesian
ColomboInterlingua
ColomboInterlingue
ColomboIrish
ColomboItalian
コロンボJapanese
ColomboKalo Finnish Romani
ಕೊಲಂಬೊKannada
کولمبوKashmiri
КоломбоKazakh
កូឡុំបូKhmer
КоломбоKirghiz
콜롬보Korean
ໂກະລັມບະLao
ໂຄລົມໂບLao
ColumbumLatin
KolomboLatvian
ColomboLigurian
Colombo (çitæ)Ligurian
KolombasLithuanian
ColomboLombard
ColomboLuxembourgish
КоломбоMacedonian
कोलम्बोMaithili
ColomboMalagasy
ColomboMalay
കൊളംബോMalayalam
കൊഴുമ്പ്Malayalam
ColomboMaltese
KolomboMaltese
कोलंबोMarathi
کلمبوMazanderani
ColomboMin Nan Chinese
KolomboMinangkabau
კოლომბოMingrelian
КоломбоMongolian
كولومبوMoroccan Arabic
कोलम्बोNepali
ColomboNorthern Frisian
ColomboNorthern Sami
ColomboNorwegian
ColomboNorwegian Bokmål
ColomboNorwegian Nynorsk
KolomboNovial
ColomboOccitan (post 1500)
ColumphȳðOld English (ca. 450-1100)
କଲୋମ୍ବୋOriya
КоломбоOssetian
ਕੋਲੰਬੋPanjabi
ColomboPapiamento
کلمبوPersian
کولمبوPersian
ColomboPiemontese
KolomboPolish
کولمبوPushto
ColomboRomanian
КоломбоRussian
कोलम्बोSanskrit
ᱠᱚᱞᱚᱢᱵᱚSantali
ColomboScots
ColomboScottish Gaelic
КоломбоSerbian
ColomboSerbo-Croatian
KolomboSerbo-Croatian
ColomboShona
ColomboSicilian
KolůmboSilesian
ڪولمبوSindhi
ෙකාළඹSinhala
ColomboSkolt Sami
KolomboSlovak
ColomboSlovenian
KolomboSlovenian
KolonboSomali
ColomboSwahili
ColomboSwedish
KolomboSwedish
ColomboTagalog
КоломбоTajik
கொலோம்போTamil
கொழும்புTamil
కొలంబోTelugu
ColomboThai
กรุงโคลอมโบThai
กรุงโคลัมโบThai
โคลอมโบThai
โคลัมโบThai
ཁོ་ལུམ་པོ།Tibetan
ColomboTurkish
KolomboTurkish
KolomboTurkmen
КоломбоUdmurt
كولومبوUighur
КоломбоUkrainian
کلمبUrdu
کلمبوUrdu
کولمبوUrdu
KolomboUzbek
ColomboVenetian
KolomboVeps
ColomboVietnamese
ColomboWaray (Philippines)
Colombo, Sri LankaWaray (Philippines)
ColomboWelsh
KolomboWestern Frisian
科伦坡Wu Chinese
ColomboYue Chinese
கொழும்புYue Chinese
කොළඹYue Chinese
可倫坡Yue Chinese
哥林堡Yue Chinese
科倫坡Yue Chinese
i-ColomboZulu
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