What is Colombo?
{{distinguish|Columbo}} {{other uses}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{EngvarB|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Colombo | native_name = {{lang|si|කොළඹ}}<br />{{lang|ta|கொழும்பு}} | official_name = Metropolis | settlement_type = [[List of countries with multiple capitals|Commercial Capital]] | image_skyline = {{Photomontage | photo1a = | photo2a = Seema Malaka - Buddha statues.jpg | photo2b = Independence Commemoration Hall.jpg | photo3a = Slave Island Murugan Temple.jpg | photo3b = LK-colombo-yorkstreet-1.jpg | photo3c = The auditorium entrance 2.JPG | photo4a = LK-Colombo-altes-parlament.jpg | size = 250 | spacing = 2 | color = transparent | border = 0 }} | image_caption = From top left to right: [[Beira Lake]] skyline with [[Colombo Lotus Tower]] (right) and the [[Altair (Building)|Altair]] (left), [[Gautama Buddha|Buddha]] statues at [[Seema Malaka]], [[Independence Memorial Hall]], The [[Murugan]] Hindu temple in [[Slave Island]], the [[Grand Oriental Hotel]] in [[Fort (Colombo)|Fort]], [[Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapaksa Theatre|Nelum Pokuna]], the [[Old Parliament Building, Colombo|Old Parliament Building]], [[Bank of Ceylon]] building and [[World Trade Center (Colombo)|WTC twin towers]] in the Colombo financial district of [[Fort (Colombo)|Fort]] | image_seal = | subdivision_name = [[Sri Lanka]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Sri Lanka|Province]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western Province]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of Sri Lanka|District]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Colombo District]] | leader_title = Municipal Council | leader_name = [[Colombo Municipal Council]] | leader_title1 = Headquarters | leader_name1 = [[Town Hall (Colombo)|Town Hall]] | leader_title2 = [[Mayor of Colombo|Mayor]] | leader_name2 = [[Rosy Senanayake]] ([[United National Party|UNP]]) | area_total_km2 = 37.31 | area_total_sq_mi