Head to head
Blantyre vs Zomba
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Blantyre is the larger of the two, with 902,588 people to 118,440 in Zomba. 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 Blantyre is the larger of the two, with 902,588 people to 118,440 in Zomba. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Blantyre nor Zomba has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Malawi| Metric | Blantyre | Zomba |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 902,588 | 118,440 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Malawi | Malawi |
| Region | Southern Region | Southern Region |
| 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
55 km apartBlantyre and Zomba are 55 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Malawi. Zomba keeps time the same time as Blantyre.
Blantyre has 784,148 more people — 7.6× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Blantyre or Zomba?
- Blantyre is the larger city by population, with 902,588 people to 118,440 in Zomba — a difference of 784,148. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Blantyre and Zomba?
- 55 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Malawi. Zomba keeps time the same time as Blantyre.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Blantyre or Zomba?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Blantyre is the larger of the two, with 902,588 people to 118,440 in Zomba. 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 Blantyre and Zomba both currently sit at $0.
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4Settle it
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