Head to head
Bamako vs Koutiala
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Bamako is the larger of the two, with 4,227,569 people to 218,031 in Koutiala. 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 Bamako is the larger of the two, with 4,227,569 people to 218,031 in Koutiala. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Bamako nor Koutiala has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Mali| Metric | Bamako | Koutiala |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 4,227,569 | 218,031 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | Mali | Mali |
| Region | Bamako | Sikasso |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 10:54 PM · UTC+00:00 | 10:54 PM · UTC+00:00 |
| 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
274 km apartBamako and Koutiala are 274 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Mali. Koutiala keeps time the same time as Bamako.
Bamako has 4,009,538 more people — 19.4× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Bamako or Koutiala?
- Bamako is the larger city by population, with 4,227,569 people to 218,031 in Koutiala — a difference of 4,009,538. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Bamako and Koutiala?
- 274 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Mali. Koutiala keeps time the same time as Bamako.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Bamako or Koutiala?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Bamako is the larger of the two, with 4,227,569 people to 218,031 in Koutiala. 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 Bamako and Koutiala both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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