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Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte

Administration

Full name	Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte
Official name	Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte
Native name	ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර කෝට්ටේ
Settlement type	City
District	Colombo District
Government
Mayor	Swarnalatha Silva (Sri Lanka Freedom Party)
Geography
Total Area	6.6 sq mi (17 km2)
Demography
Total Population	115826 (2001)
Density (pop.)	3305/km² (8560/sq mi)
Metro (pop.)	2234289
Other information
Time zone	Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone (UTC+5:30)

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Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte ( , ), also known as Sri Jayawardenapura or Kotte කෝට්ටේ, is the administrative capital of Sri Lanka. It is located beyond the eastern suburbs of the commercial capital Colombo and is often called New Capital Territory. The Parliament of Sri Lanka has been based there since the formal inauguration of its new building on 29 April 1982.

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