1001 Smart Cities
Colombo
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Colombo

Country
Sri Lanka
Population
750K
Projects
2
First project
2021
Best evidence
Official
Last verified
7 August 2026

🤖 AI-generated city profile, summarising the source-checked entries below — how this works

Neither of Colombo's documented data layers belongs to the city council. The container terminals run on the Ports Authority's terminal operating system, and the new Metro Bus — live tracking and QR fares built in from the start — is run by a government-owned company under a national ministry. The municipality is the place these systems operate, not their operator.

The atlas documents 2 projects in Colombo, the earliest dating to 2021: 2 still running without a verdict. Every entry carries an evidence grade — the strongest here is official (2 entries) — and links its sources.

All 2 projects in Colombo

✔ Every published entry is checked against the public sources it cites before publication.

🚲 Colombo Port Navis N4 Terminal Operating System 🏛️ Official since 2021 · Live → 🚲 Lanka Metro Transit Metro Bus — Live Tracking & QR Fares 🏛️ Official since 2026 · Live →

Outcome: 2 ongoing — Evidence: 2 official

Deeper reads

Where Colombo appears in the atlas's own analysis.

🧾 Passport: Colombo Port Navis N4 Terminal Operating System

Compare with other cities

🇷🇼 Kigali Tap&Go Cashless Urban Transit Network Fare-digitisation contrast: Kigali led with a contactless card across private operators; Colombo's LMT is app-first and state-run. 🇨🇳 Tianjin Tianjin Zero-Carbon Smart Terminal Automation without the green build-out: Tianjin's terminal runs its own wind/solar microgrid; Colombo just upgrades EDI and RFID gates. 🇰🇷 Busan Busan New Port West Container Terminal Phase 2-5 Opposite rung of port automation: Busan runs automated cranes and AGVs; Colombo's SLPA berths run planning software only. 🇬🇲 Banjul Gambia National Single Window E-Tracking System Same genre of trade digitisation — Banjul tracks cargo nationwide, Colombo tracks containers with RFID gates and DGPS at two terminals.
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Official strategy and sources

↗ Colombo Municipal Council — both entries here are national: the Ports Authority and the state metro companyThe organization driving the city's smart-city work.
📎 Cite this city

1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Smart-city projects in Colombo, Sri Lanka.” The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/cities/colombo/ (last verified 2026-08-07). Data: CC BY 4.0.

The underlying data is free to reuse with attribution — see the open data page.

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