Sri Lanka is an island country located in Southern Asia in the Indian Ocean. It’s situated southeast of India, across from the Palk Strait and Gulf of Mannar. Also, it’s a distance of 750 kilometers (466 mi) away from the Maldives to the west. While Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is the legislative capital, Colombo is the executive and judicial capital. Sri Lanka’s largest cities are Colombo, Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia, and Moratuwa.