Head to head
Colombo vs Maharagama
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 195,355 in Maharagama. 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 195,355 in Maharagama. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Colombo nor Maharagama has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Sri Lanka| Metric | Colombo | Maharagama |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 648,034 | 195,355 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka |
| Region | Western Province | Western Province |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 4:25 AM · UTC+05:30 | 4:25 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
13 km apartColombo and Maharagama are 13 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Sri Lanka. Maharagama keeps time the same time as Colombo.
Colombo has 452,679 more people — 3.3× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Colombo or Maharagama?
- Colombo is the larger city by population, with 648,034 people to 195,355 in Maharagama — a difference of 452,679. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Colombo and Maharagama?
- 13 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Sri Lanka. Maharagama keeps time the same time as Colombo.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Colombo or Maharagama?
- 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 195,355 in Maharagama. 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 Maharagama both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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