Sri Lanka, Colombo and the basics to know before your trip
A first look at Sri Lanka’s location in South Asia, its capital, official languages and recorded currency.
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Colombo is Sri Lanka’s capital and a locality in Western Province. Available information helps place the city, but does not establish current transport connections or services.
The place
What makes it special
- Listed as the capital of Sri Lanka.
- Located in Western Province.
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Sources and references
This profile summarises our destination guides. Their research sources and the geographical reference are listed below.
- Sri Lanka · Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata · Q854
- Sri Lanka · Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata · Q4526612
- Sri Lanka · World Countries — mledoze · ODbL 1.0 · World countries dataset by mledoze and contributors · ODbL 1.0
- Colombo · GeoNames · Datos geográficos bajo CC BY 4.0; requiere atribución a GeoNames. · Fuente: GeoNames
- Colombo, Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka · OpenStreetMap · ODbL 1.0; atribución y obligación de compartir bases derivadas. · Fuente: OpenStreetMap
- Sri Lanka · World Bank Open Data · CC BY 4.0 · World Bank
- Sri Lanka · DBpedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · DBpedia
- Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport · OpenFlights · ODbL 1.0 (base de datos) / DbCL 1.0 (contenidos) · Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport · OpenFlights · ODbL 1.0
- Colombo · Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata · Q35381
- Place identification and coordinates
Profile updated: 04/10/2026