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The Uganda People's Union together with the Obote-led faction of the UNC formed a new party, the Uganda People's Congress (UPC), in March 1960. The DP and UPC parties became major political parties in Uganda. The UNC became less of a force, mainly because DP became popular and a new party, Kabaka Yekka, emerged. [7]
1 East Asia. 2 South Asia. ... Sri Lanka: 5,648,000 Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte : Madhura Vithanage. ... List of national capitals in East, South, and Southeast Asia ...
Sri Lanka: Asia: Until 1982, the capital was Colombo, where many governmental institutions remain; it is still designated as the commercial capital of Sri Lanka. See also: Capital of Sri Lanka. Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (official) Also known as Kotte, the city is a suburb of Colombo. Conakry Guinea: Africa: Copenhagen Denmark: Europe: Cotonou ...
The following chart lists countries and dependencies along with their capital cities, in English and non-English official language(s). In bold: internationally recognized sovereign states. The 193 member states of the United Nations (UN) Vatican City (administered by the Holy See, a UN observer state), which is generally recognized as a ...
Sri Lanka, [a] historically known as Ceylon, [b] and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean , southwest of the Bay of Bengal , separated from the Indian peninsula by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait .
An enlargeable map of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Sri Lanka: . Sri Lanka – island country in the northern Indian Ocean off the southeast coast of the Indian subcontinent in South Asia.
The current legislative capital of Sri Lanka is Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte and the executive and judicial capital is Colombo. Over the course of the island's history, the national capital has been in several locations other than [1] Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte. [1]
This SVG map is part of a locator map series applying the widespread location map scheme. ... Asia/Sri Lanka; Wikijunior:Countries A-Z/Sri Lanka; Usage on es ...