Sri Lankan capital, Colombo (Colombo) (World capitals) Satellite maps
Sri Lankan capital, Colombo (Colombo) in the densely populated south-west coast of Sri Lanka, has been called the "crossroads of the East," said.From the Middle Ages, here is the world's most important port one of the world renowned Lanka gems, that is, from here to continue to overseas.A tropical monsoon climate, with an average annual temperature of 28 ℃.Has a population of 2.234 million (2001).Colombo Xin Hali in the local language and Italy as "the sea paradise."As early as the eighth century, the Arab businessmen had been in this business, when the 12th century had begun to take shape in Colombo, said Kalan Bu.16 century, Colombo Cengxianhoubei Portugal, the Netherlands and the British occupation.As Colombo is in Europe, India and the Far East, and Oceania to Europe and from passing ships to go through here, therefore, Colombo gradually developed into the international pool of vessels to Chittagong.At the same time, domestic production of Sri Lanka's tea, rubber and coconut also use the excellent natural conditions, from here to abroad.Sri Lanka, a Chadian.Sri Lanka is mainly plantation economies of agricultural country,Tea is the main foreign exchange productsColombo is a beautiful city, urban trees lush and pleasant weather.After a good urban design, wide and clean streets, commercial building skyscrapers.Main Street Gore urban streets is a straight road, from north to south Zhishen to more than 100 km outside the city Gore.Gadao palm forest on both sides of the road, Shuyingposuo.The city are living Sinhalese, Tamil, Moore, India, Berger, the Indo-European hybrid, Malay and European and other ethnic.Colombo streets in the Old City, past the construction of the Hindu, Buddhist temples and monasteries of Islam and Christian churches making the other more beautiful, a 1877 construction of the museum ─ ─ Colombo National Museum, located in Victoria Park to the south, is the largest in Sri Lanka Heritage collection, the museum displays a large number of paintings and antiquities.Most notable is a Sambo Ming Dynasty eunuch Zheng He, in Sri Lanka to establish the monument, the top of the monument engraved with the logo and the Chinese text, as a long time, some handwriting has been difficult to identify.Museum exhibits are all of the country with long history and cultural history of a true portrayal.In the Old City area, dwarf swamp low-floor living in poverty in the cabins of Xinha Li, with the coastal sand dunes next to a high society of European construction formed a sharp contrast, for this highly modernized metropolis inscribed the past indelible Mark.Colombo, the traditional New Year ox-cart competitionColombo in the south have a Galina grasslands, boarded near the ancient clock tower, panoramic bird's eye view of Colombo.Galina grassland in the east is called a "slave island" where, before the Dutch East India Company slaves who lived here, today became colonialists invaded the evidence of Sri Lanka.In Sri Lanka, the gem industry has a long history.As early as the beginning of the 5th century, the Chinese monk law was in his travel notes out of the Sri Lanka Gem on the magnificent record.In Colombo, 65 miles south of the basin in the "Gem City" is the gem industry in Sri Lanka at the centre."Gem City" around the gem mining wells everywhere can see.Extraction wells for the plane from 10 to 15 square feet, deep 2 ─ 5米.Mining workers from the bottom Waqu gravel, Yikuang basket delivered to the surface wells, and then get Kuang Li Teng-sheng in the vicinity of the creek water or scrape from the pits of natural precious stones.Then, after the jade-workers carefully designed and processing, so that a beautiful gem luster and become the world's treasures.Reproduced: http://news.xinhuanet.com/ziliao/2003-11/21/content_1191502.htm
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