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-{|width="100%" style="color:black; background-color:#ffffcc;"
+{| class="wikitable"
-|width="15%"|[[File:srilanka.jpg|50 px|left]]
+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
-|width="70%" align="center" |'''Heraldry of the World<br>Civic heraldry of [[Sri Lanka]]'''
+|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|center|350 px|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]
-|width="15%"|[[File:srilanka.jpg|50 px|right]]
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+<center>''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} '''</center><br>
+'''Country''': Sri Lanka [[File:srilanka.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br>
+{{#display_map:6.9378,79.8525|width=250|height=250|zoom=7}}
 |}
-'''COLOMBO'''
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+Official blazon
-[[File:colombo.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]
+|-
+|'''English'''
-===Official blazon===
+| blazon wanted
+|}
 ===Origin/meaning===
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-In an older document, probably from the mid 17<sup>th</sup> century, the arms appear for the first time. The shield hangs around an elephant, above the shield are the letters VOC, for Vereenigde Oost Indische Compagnie (United Dutch East Indian Company), and below are three bales of cinnamon.
+In an older document, probably from the mid 17<sup>th</sup> century, the arms appear for the first time. The shield hangs around an elephant, above the shield are the letters VOC, for Vereenigde Oost Indische Compagnie (United Dutch East India Company), and below are three bales of cinnamon.
 The town currently does not use arms.
+[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Sri Lanka|'''Literature''']]: Silva, de and Beumer, 1988.
+{{lk}}
 {{media}}
-[[Literature]] : Silva, de and Beumer, Illustrations and views of Dutch Ceylon 1602-1796, 1988.
 [[Category:Sri Lanka]]