Kolombo
Colombo shine babban birnin zartarwar da shari'a  kuma birni mafi girma na Sri Lanka ta yawan jama'a. Dangane da Cibiyar Brookings, yankin babban birni na Colombo yana da yawan jama'a 5.6 miliyan,     da 752,993  a cikin Municipality . Ita ce cibiyar hada-hadar kudi ta tsibirin kuma wurin yawon bude ido.  Yana kan gabar yammacin tsibirin tsibirin kuma kusa da yankin Greater Colombo wanda ya hada da Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, babban birnin majalisa na Sri Lanka, da Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia . Ana kiran Colombo a matsayin babban birni tun lokacin da Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte. Ita ce kanta a cikin birnin Colombo. Har ila yau, shi ne babban birnin gudanarwar na Lardin Yamma kuma babban birnin gundumar Colombo . Colombo birni ne mai cike da al'ajabi tare da cakuda rayuwar zamani, gine-ginen mulkin mallaka da abubuwan tarihi. 

Saboda babban tashar jiragen ruwa da kuma matsayinta na dabarun kasuwanci tare da hanyoyin kasuwancin teku na Gabas-Yamma, Colombo sananne ne ga tsoffin 'yan kasuwa shekaru 2,000 da suka gabata. An mai da  tsibirin lokacin da aka ba da Sri Lanka ga daular Biritaniya a cikin 1815,  kuma matsayinsa na babban birni ya kasance lokacin da al'ummar ta sami 'yancin kai a 1948. A cikin 1978, lokacin da aka tura ayyukan gudanarwa zuwa Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Colombo an sanya shi a matsayin babban birnin kasuwanci na Sri Lanka.

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