Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
6.979.9163888888890Koordinaten: 6 ° 54 'N, 79 ° 55' O
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte ( Sinhala: ශ්රී ජයවර්ධනපුර කෝට්ටේ, Tamil: ஸ்ரீ ஜயவர்த்தனபுரம் கோட்டே ), also Sri Jayavardhanapura (old name Kotte ), is a city in the west of Sri Lanka and a suburb of Colombo ( about 10 km from the center of Colombo ) and since 1982 Parliament seat. On this occasion, the city was renamed by the then President Junius Richard Jayawardene after themselves.
Sri Jayawardenepura was the capital of the Sinhalese kingdom of Kotte, the 1450-1477 throughout Sri Lanka dominated. 1565 sparked Colombo Kotte from the capital. Population: 115,000 ( 2001). Sri Jayawardenepura is the seat of a university.
History
The historical name Kotte means " fortress ." The city was from the 14th century to the 16th century, the capital of the Sinhalese kingdom of Kotte. The city was built on marshland on the banks of Diyawanna Oya as a fortress to protect the surrounding area against incursions from the Jaffna Kingdom of Arya Chakaravarth Dynasty. As founder of the city a Tamil leader named Alagakkonara is preserved. When Ibn Battuta Alagakkonara is called the king of Kurunegala, but other sources speak of a guard of Raigama Korale in the Kalutara district. In any case, I managed Alagakkonara the army of Arya Chakaravarth before Kotte to stop.
Kotte was a jala Durgha (water fortress ) in a triangular shape. The marshes of the Diyawanna Oya were the two long sides, whereas the shorter side was protected by an artificial moat. The city was also protected by a city wall of laterite. The country outside of the trench was called Pitakotte (outer Fortress ) and the within Ethul Kotte (inner Fortress ).
Later, the city capital of the island of Sri Lanka and Sri Jaya Pura Kotte Vardhana ( blessed fortress city of growing victory ) was renamed (a name to the later JRJayawardene gladly resorted using his own name spelling). In 1505 the Portuguese landed on the island and in 1565 acquired control of the city. Because of the continuing raids by troops of the neighboring Kingdom of Sitawaka ( Avissawella ) the city but was then abandoned and Colombo became the new capital.
The urbanization began back in the 19th century; remaining old neighborhoods were demolished and reused as building material.
From the historical capitals of Sri Lanka Sri Jayawardenepura is the worst preserved. Even the first capital Anuradhapura, which looks back to pre-Christian times is to get better. The reason for this close Kottes is named in Colombo frequently.
Demography
Sri Jayawardenepura is a city that is composed of many different cultures and ethnicities. The population consists mainly of Sinhalese, Tamils and Muslims. But there are also Chinese, Portuguese, Dutch, Malay and Indian minorities in the city.