Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte

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Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර කෝට්ටේ ஶ்ரீ ஜெயவர்த்தனபுர கோட்டை
Administrative Capital
View from Diyawanna Lake
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Coordinates: 6°55′N 79°55′E / 6.917°N 79.917°E / 6.917; 79.917
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Western Province
District	Colombo District
Government
• Municipal Council	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Municipal Council
• Mayor	I M V Premalal (SLPP)
Area
• Administrative Capital	17 km2 (7 sq mi)
Population  (2001)[1]
• Administrative Capital	115,826
• Density	3,305/km2 (8,560/sq mi)
• Metro	2,234,289
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (SLST)
Postal code	10100
Area code	011
Website	kotte.mc.gov.lk

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Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte, commonly known as Kotte (pronounced [ˈkoːʈeː]),^[2] is the legislative capital of Sri Lanka.^[3] Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is located adjacent to the urban area of Sri Lanka's de facto economic, executive, and judicial capital, Colombo.

The Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Municipal Council area is bounded in:

• the North by Kolonnawa Urban Council area,
• the North-East by the Kotikawatta–Mulleriyawa Pradeshiya Sabha area,
• the East by the Kaduwela Municipal Council area,
• the South-East by the Maharagama Urban Council area,
• the South-West by the Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Municipal Council and
• the West by the Colombo Municipal Council area, which is the commercial capital of Sri Lanka.