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Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (commonly known as Kotte /ˈkoʊteɪ/) is the official capital of Sri Lanka.[1] Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is a satellite city and within the urban area of Sri Lanka's capital, Colombo.
Dominion of Ceylon Between 1948 and 1972, Ceylon[1][2] was an independent country in the Commonwealth of Nations that shared a monarch with Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, and certain other sovereign states. In 1948, the British Colony of Ceylon was granted independence as Ceylon. In 1972, the country became a republic within the Commonwealth, and its name was changed to Sri Lanka. It was an island country in South Asia, located about 31 kilometres (19.3Â mi) off the southern coast of India.