Head to head
Cape Town vs Soweto
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Cape Town is the larger of the two, with 4,772,846 people to 1,695,047 in Soweto. 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 Cape Town is the larger of the two, with 4,772,846 people to 1,695,047 in Soweto. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Cape Town nor Soweto has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
South Africa| Metric | Cape Town | Soweto |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 4,772,846 | 1,695,047 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 5th largest |
| Country | South Africa | South Africa |
| Region | Western Cape | Gauteng |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 2:18 AM · UTC+02:00 | 2:18 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
1,243 km apartCape Town and Soweto are 1,243 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in South Africa. Soweto keeps time the same time as Cape Town.
Cape Town has 3,077,799 more people — 2.8× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Cape Town or Soweto?
- Cape Town is the larger city by population, with 4,772,846 people to 1,695,047 in Soweto — a difference of 3,077,799. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Cape Town and Soweto?
- 1,243 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in South Africa. Soweto keeps time the same time as Cape Town.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Cape Town or Soweto?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Cape Town is the larger of the two, with 4,772,846 people to 1,695,047 in Soweto. 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 Cape Town and Soweto both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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