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    Fort (Colombo) (Sinhala: කොටුව; Tamil: கோட்டை) is the central business district of Colombo in Sri Lanka. It is the financial district of Colombo and the...
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    area, with Colombo as their capital. This part of Colombo is still known as Fort and houses the presidential palace and the majority of Colombo's five star...
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    Fort railway station is a major rail hub in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The station is served by Sri Lanka Railways, with many inter-city and commuter trains...
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    the sewage away to sea. The British took over the fort on 23 February 1796, one week after Colombo was captured. Sri Lanka remained a British colony formally...
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    of Sri Lanka. Situated in the Colombo fort area facing the sea, it is in close proximity to the President's House, Colombo and adjacent to the General Treasury...
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    The Old Colombo Dutch Hospital (known as The Dutch Hospital) is considered to be the oldest building in the Colombo Fort area dating back to the Dutch...
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    control the entire coast, making the Port of Colombo their capital. That area of the city is still called "Fort". In 1638 the Dutch empire signed a treaty...
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    Fort Grama Niladhari Division is a Grama Niladhari Division of the Colombo Divisional Secretariat of Colombo District of Western Province, Sri Lanka ....
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  • Colombo city is divided into administrative sub-units derived from feudal counties. The 15 divisions are listed below. "Colombo Areas". www.visitcolombo...
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  • baseball player Fort Road (disambiguation) Fort Street (disambiguation) Fort Avenue (disambiguation) Fort (Mumbai precinct) Fort (Colombo) Bonifacio Global...
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  • hill country. Colombo - Badulla Night Mail Train begins its journey at Colombo Fort Station and stops only at Ragama, Gampaha, Veyangoda. Then it comes to...
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    Old Colombo Lighthouse or Colombo Fort Clock Tower is a clock tower and was a lighthouse in Colombo. The lighthouse is no longer operational, but the...
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  • workplace of the President of Sri Lanka, located at Janadhipathi Mawatha, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Since 1804 it had been the residence of British Governors and...
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    reorganise the railway within the Colombo area. Colombo Terminus Station was closed and replaced by the new Maradana Station. Fort Railway Station was opened...
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  • The Colombo crime family (/kəˈlɒm.boʊ/, Italian pronunciation: [koˈlombo]) is an Italian-American Mafia crime family and the youngest of the "Five Families"...
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    Cargills (Ceylon) (category Companies listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange)
    had a Colombo office at the intersection of Price and York Streets in Colombo Fort, a Kandy office at Upper Lake Road and an office in Galle Fort at 22...
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    important fort in Negombo, approx. 30 km (19 mi) north of Colombo, that was built by the Portuguese to defend Colombo. In its time the fort at Negombo...
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    Confeitaria Colombo is a coffeehouse located in downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is one of the main landmarks of the city's Central Region. Website...
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    oldest continuously functioning churches in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is located on Church Street in Colombo Fort, on the northern side of the Grand Oriental...
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    The former Colombo General Post Office (abbreviated: GPO), at 17 Janadhipathi Mawatha, Colombo Fort, was the headquarters of the Sri Lanka Post and the...
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    Paṇṭāranāyakka Carvatēca Vimāṉa Nilaiyam) (commonly known as Colombo International Airport, Colombo–Bandaranaike International Airport, and locally as Katunayake...
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    June 2011). "Did Christianity exist in ancient Sri Lanka?". Sunday Times. Colombo: Wijeya Newspapers Ltd. Retrieved 6 August 2021. Forbes, Jonathan (1841)...
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    The World Trade Center (also known as WTC Colombo or WTCC) (Sinhala: ලෝක වෙළෙඳ මධ්‍යස්ථානය, romanized: Lōka Veḷen̆da Madhyasthānaya; Tamil: உலக வர்த்தக...
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    of Genoa between 25 August and 31 October 1451. His father was Domenico Colombo, a wool weaver who worked in Genoa and Savona, and owned a cheese stand...
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  • The line from Colombo Fort to Badulla The line from Peradeniya Junction to Matale The line from Ragama Junction to Noor Nagar The line from Maradana to...
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    Naval Headquarters (Sri Lanka) (category Colombo)
    Established in 1950, it is housed at SLNS Parakrama at Flagstaff Street, Fort Colombo. Office of the Chief of Defence Staff Army Headquarters (Sri Lanka) Air...
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    Jaffna Fort (Tamil: யாழ்ப்பாணக் கோட்டை, romanized: Yāḻppāṇak Kōṭṭai; Sinhala: යාපනය බලකොටුව Yapanaya Balakotuwa) is a fort built by the Portuguese at...
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    located at Galbokka Point south of the Port of Colombo on the waterfront along the marine drive, in Colombo fort. The current 29-metre-high (95 ft) lighthouse...
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    (Puṟakkōṭṭai)) is a neighbourhood in Colombo, Sri Lanka located east of the city centre Fort, and behind the Colombo Port. The Pettah neighborhood is famous...
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  • coffee plantations near the Colombo-Kandy railway line which ran below the fort; and with the construction of the present Colombo-Kandy road via Kadugannawa...
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