Head to head
Antananarivo vs Mahajanga
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Antananarivo is the larger of the two, with 1,349,501 people to 260,556 in Mahajanga. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Everything below is the evidence for that: population, size within each city’s own country, the distance between them, and where each one stands on the global board.
The answer
SummaryNeither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Antananarivo is the larger of the two, with 1,349,501 people to 260,556 in Mahajanga. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Antananarivo nor Mahajanga has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Madagascar| Metric | Antananarivo | Mahajanga |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,349,501 | 260,556 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Madagascar | Madagascar |
| Region | Analamanga | Boeny |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 3:21 AM · UTC+03:00 | 3:21 AM · UTC+03:00 |
| CityWar rank | Unclaimed | Unclaimed |
| City score$1 contributed = 1 point | $0 | $0 |
| Backers | 0 | 0 |
| Score added todaysince 00:00 UTC | $0 | $0 |
Distance and time
378 km apartAntananarivo and Mahajanga are 378 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Madagascar. Mahajanga keeps time the same time as Antananarivo.
Antananarivo has 1,088,945 more people — 5.2× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Antananarivo or Mahajanga?
- Antananarivo is the larger city by population, with 1,349,501 people to 260,556 in Mahajanga — a difference of 1,088,945. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Antananarivo and Mahajanga?
- 378 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Madagascar. Mahajanga keeps time the same time as Antananarivo.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Antananarivo or Mahajanga?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Antananarivo is the larger of the two, with 1,349,501 people to 260,556 in Mahajanga. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
- How is a city's CityWar score calculated?
- One US dollar contributed is one point, and cities are ordered by total score with the highest first. When two cities are level the one backed first holds the higher rank. Nothing else is in the calculation — no population weighting, no votes and no editorial judgement — which is why Antananarivo and Mahajanga both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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