What is the legislative capital in Sri Lanka?

Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, commonly known as Kotte (/ˈkoʊteɪ/), is the official, administrative capital of Sri Lanka. It seems ridiculous but the capital is just a suburban area of the largest city of Sri-Lanka. That's why some people may think of Colombo as the right answer.

Since 1982 the Parliament of Sri-Lanka has been situated in Kotte. The buildings of the Parliament are placed in the center of the lake. At present, all the other legislative institutions of the country are gradually relocating from the previous capital to the new one.

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Alan Oswald

If it is a suburb of Columbo, surely the correct answer is Columbo

Jacqueline Tattam

“Sounds really scary”??? Why on earth would it be “scary”? Because a word has more than two syllables? Seriously..how old is the author of this..🙄

Wyla Reedy

It's a mouthful to say.

illonabird

Amazing photo. Would love to meet this guy. A living definition of character.

Cari G.

I answered Colomco....learned something.

Denise Currie

A guess it just looked the most likely name for something Sri Lanken

Carmel Herbert

George Oliver Prince, I reckon I would be close, I like to practice on cricketers names, not quite the same but is practice anyway....

George Oliver Prince

Is there anybody on here who can pronounce it?

Joseph A. Robitaille

Great question and answer.

Rob Farr

A really good geography-based trivia question ... thanks

Sally Onyett

It should be in Kandy as it’s cool up there and they’ve all got their heads in the clouds anyway ...! 🤪

Alicia Alvarado

Guessed this right!!

latvia

kotte kota kitty --it's all French to me,OY AY....

Larry Freeman

Yeah.... I picked Colombo--but only because it's recognized as the capital of Sri Lanka. This crud about the 'legislative' capital: is that really a thing? Actually it is, after a bit of fact checking, there are 13 countries with multiple capitals; South Africa, in fact, has 3 capitals -- one legislative, one judicial and one executive. Go figure!