Head to head
Dodoma vs Zanzibar
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Dodoma is the larger of the two, with 765,179 people to 709,809 in Zanzibar. 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 Dodoma is the larger of the two, with 765,179 people to 709,809 in Zanzibar. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Dodoma nor Zanzibar has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Tanzania| Metric | Dodoma | Zanzibar |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 765,179 | 709,809 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Tanzania | Tanzania |
| Region | Dodoma | Zanzibar Urban/West |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:55 AM · UTC+03:00 | 1:55 AM · UTC+03:00 |
| 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
382 km apartDodoma and Zanzibar are 382 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Tanzania. Zanzibar keeps time the same time as Dodoma.
Dodoma has 55,370 more people — 1.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Dodoma or Zanzibar?
- Dodoma is the larger city by population, with 765,179 people to 709,809 in Zanzibar — a difference of 55,370. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Dodoma and Zanzibar?
- 382 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Tanzania. Zanzibar keeps time the same time as Dodoma.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Dodoma or Zanzibar?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Dodoma is the larger of the two, with 765,179 people to 709,809 in Zanzibar. 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 Dodoma and Zanzibar both currently sit at $0.
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