Head to head
Colombo vs Jaffna
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Colombo is the larger of the two, with 648,034 people to 169,102 in Jaffna. 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 Colombo is the larger of the two, with 648,034 people to 169,102 in Jaffna. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Colombo nor Jaffna has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Sri Lanka| Metric | Colombo | Jaffna |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 648,034 | 169,102 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka |
| Region | Western Province | Northern Province |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 4:21 AM · UTC+05:30 | 4:21 AM · UTC+05:30 |
| 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
304 km apartColombo and Jaffna are 304 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Sri Lanka. Jaffna keeps time the same time as Colombo.
Colombo has 478,932 more people — 3.8× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Colombo or Jaffna?
- Colombo is the larger city by population, with 648,034 people to 169,102 in Jaffna — a difference of 478,932. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Colombo and Jaffna?
- 304 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Sri Lanka. Jaffna keeps time the same time as Colombo.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Colombo or Jaffna?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Colombo is the larger of the two, with 648,034 people to 169,102 in Jaffna. 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 Colombo and Jaffna both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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