City
Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte
Capital of Sri Lanka
What guided this image
- Landmarks
- Parliament of Sri Lanka; Diyawanna Lake; Kingdom of Kotte; Raja Maha Vihara Buddhist; lush tropical flora; Geoffrey Bawa's
- Viewpoint
- Favor an elevated viewpoint overlooking Diyawanna Lake from the wetlands (such as from Beddagana Wetland Park), looking across the tranquil water toward Geoffrey Bawa's Parliament building on its island, with the reflective lake in the foreground and the green tropical horizon fading softly in the background.
- Palette
- Green should be the predominant color, especially in the lush marshland vegetation, tropical tree canopies, and lotus pads of Diyawanna Lake.
- Guarded against
- Avoid confusing Kotte with commercial Colombo (no ocean harbor or dense high-rise skyscraper walls); Kotte is a serene, verdant, water-encircled administrative capital.
Population115,826
Coordinates6.88°N, 79.91°E
Elevation27 m
Area17,000,000 km²
Time zoneAsia/ColomboUTC+5:30
Solar noon12:10clock runs 0.2 h ahead of the sun
Through the Earth
Dig straight through the Earth from Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte and you surface in open ocean, nearest to Puerto Villamil, Ecuador — 1,207 km from the exact antipodal point.
Nearest cities in the atlas
| Colombo | LK | 9 km |
| Tirunelveli | IN | 320 km |
| Madurai | IN | 391 km |
| Tiruchirappalli | IN | 458 km |
| Kallakurichi | IN | 549 km |
| Coimbatore | IN | 561 km |
| Chennai | IN | 692 km |
| Bengaluru | IN | 723 km |
Twinned cities
Wikidata records no twinned cities for Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte inside this atlas.