Head to head
Banja Luka vs Mostar
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Banja Luka is the larger of the two, with 221,106 people to 104,518 in Mostar. 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 Banja Luka is the larger of the two, with 221,106 people to 104,518 in Mostar. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Banja Luka nor Mostar has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Bosnia and Herzegovina| Metric | Banja Luka | Mostar |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 221,106 | 104,518 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Region | Srpska | Federation of B&H |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 12:54 AM · UTC+02:00 | 12:54 AM · UTC+02:00 |
| 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
167 km apartBanja Luka and Mostar are 167 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Mostar keeps time the same time as Banja Luka.
Banja Luka has 116,588 more people — 2.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Banja Luka or Mostar?
- Banja Luka is the larger city by population, with 221,106 people to 104,518 in Mostar — a difference of 116,588. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Banja Luka and Mostar?
- 167 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Mostar keeps time the same time as Banja Luka.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Banja Luka or Mostar?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Banja Luka is the larger of the two, with 221,106 people to 104,518 in Mostar. 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 Banja Luka and Mostar both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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