Hauptstadt:
Name: Colombo (commercial capital); Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative capital)
geographische Koordinaten: 6 55 N, 79 50 E
Zeitunterschied: UTC+5.5 (10.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
etymology: Colombo may derive from the Sinhala "kolon thota," meaning "port on the river" (referring to the Kelani River that empties into the Indian Ocean at Colombo); alternatively, the name may derive from the Sinhala "kola amba thota" meaning "harbor with mango trees"; it is also possible that the Portuguese named the city after Christopher COLUMBUS, who lived in Portugal for many years (as Cristovao COLOMBO) before discovering the Americas for the Spanish crown in 1492 - not long before the Portuguese made their way to Sri Lanka in 1505; Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte translates as "Resplendent City of Growing Victory" in Sinhala
Definition: Dieser Eintrag gibt den Namen des Regierungssitzes, seine geografischen Koordinaten , den Zeitunterschied relativ zur Koordinierten Weltzeit (UTC) an. und die in Washington, DC beobachtete Zeit und, falls zutreffend, Informationen über Sommerzeit (DST) . Gegebenenfalls wurde eine spezielle Notiz hinzugefügt, um die Länder mit mehreren Zeitzonen hervorzuheben.
Quelle: CIA World Factbook - Version Dezember 31, 2019
