Head to head
Gisenyi vs Musanze
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Gisenyi is the larger of the two, with 172,357 people to 153,368 in Musanze. 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 Gisenyi is the larger of the two, with 172,357 people to 153,368 in Musanze. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Gisenyi nor Musanze has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Rwanda| Metric | Gisenyi | Musanze |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 172,357 | 153,368 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | Rwanda | Rwanda |
| Region | Western Province | Northern Province |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 12:57 AM · UTC+02:00 | 12:57 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
48 km apartGisenyi and Musanze are 48 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Rwanda. Musanze keeps time the same time as Gisenyi.
Gisenyi has 18,989 more people — 1.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Gisenyi or Musanze?
- Gisenyi is the larger city by population, with 172,357 people to 153,368 in Musanze — a difference of 18,989. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Gisenyi and Musanze?
- 48 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Rwanda. Musanze keeps time the same time as Gisenyi.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Gisenyi or Musanze?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Gisenyi is the larger of the two, with 172,357 people to 153,368 in Musanze. 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 Gisenyi and Musanze both currently sit at $0.
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