What is Soweto's rank on CityWar?

Soweto does not have a rank yet. Nobody has backed it, so its city score is $0 and it is not on the leaderboard. The first $1 contributed puts it on the board.

How is Soweto's CityWar score calculated?

One US dollar contributed is one point, credited as soon as the payment clears. Cities are ordered by total score, highest first, and a tie is broken in favour of whichever city was backed first. Money spent on business listing spots on this page counts the same way. Population, votes, clicks and editorial judgement are not part of the calculation.

How many people live in Soweto?

1,695,047. Soweto is the 5th largest city in South Africa by population. The figure is for the city proper and comes from the GeoNames open geographic database — it is a fact about the place and is not an input to the CityWar ranking.

Unclaimed$1Nobody has backed Soweto yet. The first dollar puts it on the global board.

Soweto, Gauteng

South Africa · 1.7M people

Soweto on the board

City score$0

Backers0

Today+$0

StatusUnranked · the first $1 opens the board

Current status

Soweto on CityWar right now

Leaderboard rank: Not rankedno city score yet
City score: $0$1 contributed = 1 point
Backers: 0nobody has backed it yet
Added today: $0since 00:00 UTC
Population: 1.7M1,695,047 people

No activity yet — Soweto has never been backed.

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Questions about Soweto

What is Soweto's rank on CityWar?: Soweto does not have a rank yet. Nobody has backed it, so its city score is $0 and it is not on the leaderboard. The first $1 contributed puts it on the board.
How is Soweto's CityWar score calculated?: One US dollar contributed is one point, credited as soon as the payment clears. Cities are ordered by total score, highest first, and a tie is broken in favour of whichever city was backed first. Money spent on business listing spots on this page counts the same way. Population, votes, clicks and editorial judgement are not part of the calculation.
How many people live in Soweto?: 1,695,047. Soweto is the 5th largest city in South Africa by population. The figure is for the city proper and comes from the GeoNames open geographic database — it is a fact about the place and is not an input to the CityWar ranking.

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About Soweto

Soweto is the 5th largest city in South Africa by population, home to 1,695,047 people in Gauteng. It sits at 26.2678° S, 27.8585° E, and keeps time in Africa/Johannesburg — UTC+02:00.

Population: 1.7M1,695,047 people
Size in South Africa: 5th largestby population, among 70 catalogue cities in South Africa
Country: South AfricaAfrica
Region: Gauteng
Local time: 2:14 AMAfrica/Johannesburg · UTC+02:00
Coordinates: 26.2678° S, 27.8585° E
Also searched as: Swwtw, Swytw, Soueto, Soveto

Population, coordinates, region and time zone come from the GeoNames open geographic database. Population figures are for the city proper. The local time above was calculated for Africa/Johannesburg when this page was last generated, not in your browser.

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Soweto business spots

5 spots per city, ranked by total spend. Every dollar bid also adds to Soweto’s city score.

No business has bid in Soweto yet — all 5 spots are open, and $25 takes #1.

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