Head to head
Bulawayo vs Chitungwiza
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Bulawayo is the larger of the two, with 665,952 people to 371,246 in Chitungwiza. 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 Bulawayo is the larger of the two, with 665,952 people to 371,246 in Chitungwiza. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Bulawayo nor Chitungwiza has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Zimbabwe| Metric | Bulawayo | Chitungwiza |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 665,952 | 371,246 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe |
| Region | Bulawayo | Harare |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 2:20 AM · UTC+02:00 | 2:20 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
354 km apartBulawayo and Chitungwiza are 354 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Zimbabwe. Chitungwiza keeps time the same time as Bulawayo.
Bulawayo has 294,706 more people — 1.8× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Bulawayo or Chitungwiza?
- Bulawayo is the larger city by population, with 665,952 people to 371,246 in Chitungwiza — a difference of 294,706. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Bulawayo and Chitungwiza?
- 354 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Zimbabwe. Chitungwiza keeps time the same time as Bulawayo.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Bulawayo or Chitungwiza?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Bulawayo is the larger of the two, with 665,952 people to 371,246 in Chitungwiza. 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 Bulawayo and Chitungwiza both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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