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Available in 128 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-128" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">128 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Colombo" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8A%AE%E1%88%8E%E1%88%9D%E1%89%A6" title="ኮሎምቦ – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="ኮሎምቦ" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%88" title="كولمبو – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="كولمبو" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Colombo" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombu" title="Colombu – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Colombu" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kol%C3%B3mbo" title="Kolómbo – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="Kolómbo" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolombo" title="Kolombo – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Kolombo" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Colombo" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8B" title="কলম্বো – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="কলম্বো" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Colombo" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%BE" title="Коломбо – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Коломбо" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%B0" title="Каломба – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Каломба" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%B0" title="Каломба – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Каломба" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8B" title="कोलंबो – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="कोलंबो" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%BE" title="Коломбо – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Коломбо" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%81%E0%BD%BC%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A3%E0%BD%B4%E0%BD%98%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%94%E0%BD%BC%E0%BC%8D" title="ཁོ་ལུམ་པོ། – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="ཁོ་ལུམ་པོ།" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Colombo" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Colombo" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Colombo" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo_(ulohang_dakbayan)" title="Colombo (ulohang dakbayan) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Colombo (ulohang dakbayan)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolombo" title="Kolombo – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Kolombo" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sn mw-list-item"><a href="https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo – Shona" lang="sn" hreflang="sn" data-title="Colombo" data-language-autonym="ChiShona" data-language-local-name="Shona" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiShona</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Colombo" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Colombo" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Colombo" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dv mw-list-item"><a href="https://dv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DE%86%DE%AE%DE%85%DE%AA%DE%82%DE%84%DE%AA" title="ކޮޅުނބު – Divehi" lang="dv" hreflang="dv" data-title="ކޮޅުނބު" data-language-autonym="ދިވެހިބަސް" data-language-local-name="Divehi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ދިވެހިބަސް</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dty mw-list-item"><a href="https://dty.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8B" title="कोलम्बो – Doteli" lang="dty" hreflang="dty" data-title="कोलम्बो" data-language-autonym="डोटेली" data-language-local-name="Doteli" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>डोटेली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Colombo" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%BF%CE%BB%CF%8C%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%BF" title="Κολόμπο – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κολόμπο" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Colombo" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Colombo" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolombo_(urbo)" title="Kolombo (urbo) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kolombo (urbo)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolonbo" title="Kolonbo – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Kolonbo" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%88" title="کلمبو – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کلمبو" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Colombo" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Colombo" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolombo_(st%C3%AAd)" title="Kolombo (stêd) – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Kolombo (stêd)" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Colombo" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Colombo" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Colombo" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%95%E0%AB%8B%E0%AA%B2%E0%AA%82%E0%AA%AC%E0%AB%8B" title="કોલંબો – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="કોલંબો" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BD%9C%EB%A1%AC%EB%B3%B4" title="콜롬보 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="콜롬보" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%B8%D5%AC%D5%B8%D5%B4%D5%A2%D5%B8" title="Կոլոմբո – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Կոլոմբո" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8B" title="कोलंबो – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="कोलंबो" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Colombo" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Colombo" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolombo" title="Kolombo – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kolombo" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Colombo" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Colombo" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%BE" title="Коломбо – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Коломбо" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B3lomb%C3%B3" title="Kólombó – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Kólombó" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Colombo (Sri Lanka) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Colombo (Sri Lanka)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%91%D7%95" title="קולומבו – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="קולומבו" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%8A%E0%B2%B2%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%AC%E0%B3%8A" title="ಕೊಲಂಬೊ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಕೊಲಂಬೊ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9B%E1%83%91%E1%83%9D" title="კოლომბო – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="კოლომბო" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%BE" title="Коломбо – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Коломбо" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Colombo" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolonbo" title="Kolonbo – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Kolonbo" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%BE_(%D0%A8%D1%80%D0%B8-%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0)" title="Коломбо (Шри-Ланка) – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Коломбо (Шри-Ланка)" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbum_(Srilanca)" title="Columbum (Srilanca) – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Columbum (Srilanca)" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolombo" title="Kolombo – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Kolombo" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Colombo" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolombas" title="Kolombas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Kolombas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo_(%C3%A7it%C3%A6)" title="Colombo (çitæ) – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="Colombo (çitæ)" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Colombo (Sri Lanka) – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Colombo (Sri Lanka)" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Colombo" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8B" title="कोलम्बो – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="कोलम्बो" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%BE" title="Коломбо – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Коломбо" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Colombo" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8A%E0%B4%B3%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%8B" title="കൊളംബോ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="കൊളംബോ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8B" title="कोलंबो – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="कोलंबो" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9B%E1%83%91%E1%83%9D" title="კოლომბო – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="კოლომბო" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%88" title="كولمبو – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="كولمبو" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%88" title="کلمبو – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="کلمبو" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Colombo" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%BE" title="Коломбо – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Коломбо" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%80%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%9C%E1%80%B6%E1%80%98%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%99%E1%80%BC%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%B7" title="ကိုလံဘိုမြို့ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ကိုလံဘိုမြို့" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo_(stad)" title="Colombo (stad) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Colombo (stad)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8B" title="कोलम्बो – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="कोलम्बो" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9C" title="コロンボ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="コロンボ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Colombo" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Colombo" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Colombo" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Colombo" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%95%E0%AC%B2%E0%AD%8B%E0%AC%AE%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%AC%E0%AD%8B" title="କଲୋମ୍ବୋ – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="କଲୋମ୍ବୋ" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolombo" title="Kolombo – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Kolombo" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%AC%E0%A9%8B" title="ਕੋਲੰਬੋ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਕੋਲੰਬੋ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pap mw-list-item"><a href="https://pap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo – Papiamento" lang="pap" hreflang="pap" data-title="Colombo" data-language-autonym="Papiamentu" data-language-local-name="Papiamento" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Papiamentu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%88" title="کولمبو – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="کولمبو" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-km mw-list-item"><a href="https://km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%80%E1%9E%BC%E1%9E%A1%E1%9E%BB%E1%9F%86%E1%9E%94%E1%9E%BC" title="កូឡុំបូ – Khmer" lang="km" hreflang="km" data-title="កូឡុំបូ" data-language-autonym="ភាសាខ្មែរ" data-language-local-name="Khmer" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ភាសាខ្មែរ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Colombo (Sri Lanka) – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Colombo (Sri Lanka)" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolombo" title="Kolombo – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Kolombo" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Colombo" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Colombo" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%BE" title="Коломбо – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Коломбо" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8B" title="कोलम्बो – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="कोलम्बो" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%A0%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%9E%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%A2%E1%B1%B5%E1%B1%9A" title="ᱠᱚᱞᱚᱢᱵᱚ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱠᱚᱞᱚᱢᱵᱚ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Colombo" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolombo" title="Kolombo – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Kolombo" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Colombo" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%9C%E0%B7%85%E0%B6%B9" title="කොළඹ – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="කොළඹ" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AA%D9%88%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%88" title="ڪولمبو – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="ڪولمبو" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolombo" title="Kolombo – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Kolombo" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolombo" title="Kolombo – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Kolombo" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kol%C5%AFmbo" title="Kolůmbo – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Kolůmbo" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolonbo" title="Kolonbo – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="Kolonbo" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%BE" title="Коломбо – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Коломбо" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a 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org">Colombo</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native"><span title="Sinhala-language text"><span lang="si">කොළඹ</span></span><br /><span title="Tamil-language text"><span lang="ta">கொழும்பு</span></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_countries_with_multiple_capitals&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of countries with multiple capitals (not yet started)">Commercial Capital</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow ib-settlement-official"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Metropolis</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="background-color:transparent;border-collapse:collapse;border:0px solid black;width:250px;display:table;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:2px 0 0 2px"><div style="display:table;background-color:transparent;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 2px 2px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seema_Malaka_-_Buddha_statues.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Seema_Malaka_-_Buddha_statues.jpg/124px-Seema_Malaka_-_Buddha_statues.jpg" decoding="async" width="124" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Seema_Malaka_-_Buddha_statues.jpg/186px-Seema_Malaka_-_Buddha_statues.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Seema_Malaka_-_Buddha_statues.jpg/248px-Seema_Malaka_-_Buddha_statues.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span></div><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 2px 2px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Independence_Commemoration_Hall.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Independence_Commemoration_Hall.jpg/124px-Independence_Commemoration_Hall.jpg" decoding="async" width="124" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Independence_Commemoration_Hall.jpg/186px-Independence_Commemoration_Hall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Independence_Commemoration_Hall.jpg/248px-Independence_Commemoration_Hall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3613" data-file-height="2459" /></a></span></div></div></div><div style="display:table;background-color:transparent;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 2px 2px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Slave_Island_Murugan_Temple.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Slave_Island_Murugan_Temple.jpg/82px-Slave_Island_Murugan_Temple.jpg" decoding="async" width="82" height="55" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Slave_Island_Murugan_Temple.jpg/123px-Slave_Island_Murugan_Temple.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Slave_Island_Murugan_Temple.jpg/164px-Slave_Island_Murugan_Temple.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span></div><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 2px 2px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LK-colombo-yorkstreet-1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/LK-colombo-yorkstreet-1.jpg/82px-LK-colombo-yorkstreet-1.jpg" decoding="async" width="82" height="54" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/LK-colombo-yorkstreet-1.jpg/123px-LK-colombo-yorkstreet-1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/LK-colombo-yorkstreet-1.jpg/164px-LK-colombo-yorkstreet-1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4928" data-file-height="3264" /></a></span></div><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 2px 2px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_auditorium_entrance_2.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/The_auditorium_entrance_2.JPG/82px-The_auditorium_entrance_2.JPG" decoding="async" width="82" height="53" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/The_auditorium_entrance_2.JPG/123px-The_auditorium_entrance_2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/The_auditorium_entrance_2.JPG/164px-The_auditorium_entrance_2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="456" /></a></span></div></div></div><div style="display:table;background-color:transparent;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 2px 2px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LK-Colombo-altes-parlament.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/LK-Colombo-altes-parlament.jpg/250px-LK-Colombo-altes-parlament.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/LK-Colombo-altes-parlament.jpg/375px-LK-Colombo-altes-parlament.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/LK-Colombo-altes-parlament.jpg/500px-LK-Colombo-altes-parlament.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4928" data-file-height="3264" /></a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="ib-settlement-caption">From top left to right: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Beira_Lake&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Beira Lake (not yet started)">Beira Lake</a> skyline with <a href="/w/index.php?title=Colombo_Lotus_Tower&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Colombo Lotus Tower (not yet started)">Colombo Lotus Tower</a> (right) and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Altair_(Building)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Altair (Building) (not yet started)">Altair</a> (left), <a href="/wiki/Gautama_Buddha" title="Gautama Buddha">Buddha</a> statues at <a href="/w/index.php?title=Seema_Malaka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Seema Malaka (not yet started)">Seema Malaka</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Independence_Memorial_Hall&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Independence Memorial Hall (not yet started)">Independence Memorial Hall</a>, The <a href="/wiki/Murugan" class="mw-redirect" title="Murugan">Murugan</a> Hindu temple in <a href="/w/index.php?title=Slave_Island&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Slave Island (not yet started)">Slave Island</a>, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Grand_Oriental_Hotel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grand Oriental Hotel (not yet started)">Grand Oriental Hotel</a> in <a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_(Colombo)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fort (Colombo) (not yet started)">Fort</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelum_Pokuna_Mahinda_Rajapaksa_Theatre&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapaksa Theatre (not yet started)">Nelum Pokuna</a>, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Old_Parliament_Building,_Colombo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Old Parliament Building, Colombo (not yet started)">Old Parliament Building</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bank_of_Ceylon" title="Bank of Ceylon">Bank of Ceylon</a> building and <a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Trade_Center_(Colombo)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="World Trade Center (Colombo) (not yet started)">WTC twin towers</a> in the Colombo financial district of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_(Colombo)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fort (Colombo) (not yet started)">Fort</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9430902">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Colombo&params=6_56_04_N_79_50_34_E_region:LK_type:city(752993)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">6°56′04″N</span> <span class="longitude">79°50′34″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">6.93444°N 79.84278°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">6.93444; 79.84278</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Provinces of Sri Lanka">Province</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Western Province, Sri Lanka">Western Province</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Districts of Sri Lanka">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_District" title="Colombo District">Colombo District</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Municipal Council</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colombo_Municipal_Council&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Colombo Municipal Council (not yet started)">Colombo Municipal Council</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Town_Hall_(Colombo)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Town Hall (Colombo) (not yet started)">Town Hall</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mayor_of_Colombo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mayor of Colombo (not yet started)">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rosy_Senanayake&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rosy Senanayake (not yet started)">Rosy Senanayake</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_National_Party&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="United National Party (not yet started)">UNP</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_countries_with_multiple_capitals&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of countries with multiple capitals (not yet started)">Commercial Capital</a></th><td class="infobox-data">37.31 km<sup>2</sup> (14.41 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">1 m (3 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2011<sup id="cite_ref-census2011_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census2011-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_countries_with_multiple_capitals&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of countries with multiple capitals (not yet started)">Commercial Capital</a></th><td class="infobox-data">752,993</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">20,182/km<sup>2</sup> (52,270/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">Urban</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,323,826 (area size 699 sq km)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_area" title="Metropolitan area">Metro</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">5,648,000 (area size 3,684 sq km)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B05:30" title="UTC+05:30">UTC+05:30</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Standard_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lanka Standard Time">SLST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postal_codes_in_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Postal codes in Sri Lanka (not yet started)">Postal code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">0xxxx</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Telephone_numbers_in_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Telephone numbers in Sri Lanka (not yet started)">011</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://colombo.mc.gov.lk">colombo<wbr />.mc<wbr />.gov<wbr />.lk</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hindutempelcolombo.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Hindutempelcolombo.JPG/150px-Hindutempelcolombo.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Hindutempelcolombo.JPG/225px-Hindutempelcolombo.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Hindutempelcolombo.JPG/300px-Hindutempelcolombo.JPG 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>Hindu temple, <b>Colombo</b></figcaption></figure> <p><b>Colombo</b> (<a href="/wiki/Sinhala_language" title="Sinhala language">Sinhala</a>: <span lang="si">කොළඹ</span>; <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a>: <span lang="ta">கொழும்பு</span>) is the largest city of <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>. It is the city which is economically most important to the country. It has 642,163 people. It is on the west coast close to the <a href="/wiki/Capital_city" title="Capital city">capital city</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kotte" class="mw-redirect" title="Kotte">Kotte</a>. </p><p>The name Colombo is borrowed from <a href="/wiki/Sinhala" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinhala">Sinhala</a> language name Kola-amba-thota which means "harbor with leafy mango trees". Traveller <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ibn_Batuta&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ibn Batuta (not yet started)">Ibn Batuta</a> in the <a href="/wiki/14th_century" title="14th century">14th century</a> referred to it as <i>Kalanpu</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Related_pages">Related pages</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colombo&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: Related pages" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colombo&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: Related pages"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2019_Sri_Lanka_Easter_bombings" title="2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings">2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colombo&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: References" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colombo&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: References"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9724332">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=LccRAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA726"><i>Britannica World Data</i></a>. 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