World Trade Center Colombo
The World Trade Center is a 152-metre-tall twin building in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The 39-storey towers are built over a 4-storey retail podium, and thus each tower has a total floor count of 43. WTCC is owned and managed by Overseas Realty Ceylon PLC.- Type: Industrial building
- Description: Twin towers in Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Also known as: “Colombo World Trade Center”, “World Trade Center”, and “World Trade Centre”
- Address: Bank Of Ceylon Road, Colombo
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Old Colombo Lighthouse and Old Parliament Building, Colombo.
Old Colombo Lighthouse
Photo: Balou46, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Old Colombo Lighthouse or Colombo Fort Clock Tower is a clock tower and was a lighthouse in Colombo. The lighthouse is no longer operational, but the tower remains and functions as a clock tower. Old Colombo Lighthouse is situated 270 metres northwest of World Trade Center Colombo.
Old Parliament Building, Colombo
Government office
Photo: The National Archives UK, No restrictions.
The Old Parliament Building, is the building that houses the Presidential Secretariat of Sri Lanka. Situated in the Colombo fort area facing the sea, it is in close proximity to the President's House, Colombo and adjacent to the General Treasury Building. Old Parliament Building, Colombo is situated 210 metres southwest of World Trade Center Colombo.
President’s House
Government office
Photo: weranga rajapaksha, CC BY-SA 2.0.
President's House is the official residence and workplace of the President of Sri Lanka, located at Janadhipathi Mawatha, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Since 1804 it had been the residence of British Governors and Governors-General and was known as the "King's House" or the "Queen's House" until Sri Lanka became a republic in 1972. President’s House is situated 410 metres north of World Trade Center Colombo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Slave Island and Colombo.
Slave Island
Village
Colombo
Kotahena
Suburb
Kotahena is a suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka, and is known as Colombo 13. Kotahena is situated 2½ km northeast of World Trade Center Colombo.
World Trade Center Colombo
- Categories: twin towers, building, and industry
- Location: Fort, Colombo Divisional Secretariat, Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
6.93259° or 6° 55′ 57″ northLongitude
79.84392° or 79° 50′ 38″ eastInception
1997Levels
37Height
152 metres (499 feet)Open location code
6JRXWRMV+2HOpenStreetMap ID
way 342471774OpenStreetMap feature
building=industrialWikidata ID
Q1542258
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Tamil—“World Trade Center Colombo” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “ကမ္ဘာ့ကုန်သွယ်ရေးစင်တာ၊ ကိုလံဘို”
- Chinese: “世界交易中心”
- German: “World Trade Center Colombo”
- Hindi: “विश्व व्यापार केन्द्र, कोलम्बो”
- Hindi: “विश्व व्यापार केन्द्र”
- Japanese: “ワールド・トレード・センター (コロンボ)”
- Japanese: “ワールド・トレード・センター”
- Persian: “مرکز تجارت جهانی کلمبو”
- Russian: “Всемирный торговый центр”
- Russian: “Международный торговый центр”
- Sinhala: “ලෝක වෙළෙඳ මධ්යස්ථානය”
- Spanish: “Centro Mundial de Comercio”
- Spanish: “World Trade Center”
- Tamil: “உலக வர்த்தக மையம்”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hilton Colombo and Presidential Secretariat Office.
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