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City Image DS Division District Province Population Area [1] Density (/km 2) Coordinates; Conurbation (2012 est) [2] Municipality (2012 census) [3] km 2 mi 2; Colombo කොළඹ கொழும்பு: Colombo / Thimbirigasyaya: Colombo: Western: 752,993: 561,314: 37 14: 15,171: Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia
More than 90% of Sri Lanka's surface lies on Precambrian strata, some of it dating back 2 billion years. [6] The granulite facies rocks of the Highland Series (gneisses, sillimanite-graphite gneisses, quartzite, marbles, and some charnockites) make up most of the island and the amphibolite facies gneisses, granites, and granitic gneisses of the Vijayan Series occur in the eastern and ...
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 .
The capital of Nigeria is Abuja, situated in the centre of the country, while Lagos is the country's major port, monetary center and largest city. Communicated in dialects are English (official), Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba. [2] It is assessed that Nigeria has around 250 different ethno-etymological gatherings. [3]
Sri Lanka has a documented history that spans over 3,000 years, but there are theories to suggest that Sri Lanka had pre-historic human settlements dating back to at least 125,000 years. Its geographic location and deep harbours made it of great strategic importance from the time of the ancient Silk Road through to World War II. Sri Lanka is a ...
Colombo City is the hub of Sri Lanka's economic activity The great majority of Sri Lankan corporations have their head offices in Colombo including Aitken Spence , Ceylinco Corporation , Stassen group of companies, John Keells Holdings , Cargills , Hemas Holdings, SenzMate and Akbar Brothers.
Sri Lanka geography-related lists (3 C, 16 P) Geography of Sri Lanka by province (11 C) A. Ancient Greek geography of Sri Lanka (3 P) B. Borders of Sri Lanka (2 C, 2 ...
The name "Negombo" is the Portuguese corruption of its Tamil name Neerkolombu. [2] [note 1]The Sinhala name Migamuva comes from a legend mentioned in Rajaveliya. [3] The army of King Kavantissa found bee honey in a canoe near the seashore, for Viharamahadevi who was pregnant with the prince Dutugamunu.