Head to head
Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia vs Maharagama
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia is the larger of the two, with 219,827 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 Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia is the larger of the two, with 219,827 people to 195,355 in Maharagama. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia nor Maharagama has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Sri Lanka| Metric | Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia | Maharagama |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 219,827 | 195,355 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka |
| Region | Western Province | Western Province |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 4:28 AM · UTC+05:30 | 4:28 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
6 km apartDehiwala-Mount Lavinia and Maharagama are 6 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Sri Lanka. Maharagama keeps time the same time as Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia.
Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia has 24,472 more people — 1.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia or Maharagama?
- Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia is the larger city by population, with 219,827 people to 195,355 in Maharagama — a difference of 24,472. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia and Maharagama?
- 6 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Sri Lanka. Maharagama keeps time the same time as Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia or Maharagama?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia is the larger of the two, with 219,827 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 Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia and Maharagama both currently sit at $0.
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