Head to head
Harare vs Chitungwiza
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Harare is the larger of the two, with 1,542,813 people to 371,246 in Chitungwiza. 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 Harare is the larger of the two, with 1,542,813 people to 371,246 in Chitungwiza. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Harare nor Chitungwiza has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Zimbabwe| Metric | Harare | Chitungwiza |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,542,813 | 371,246 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe |
| Region | Harare | Harare |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 2:19 AM · UTC+02:00 | 2:19 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
21 km apartHarare and Chitungwiza are 21 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Zimbabwe. Chitungwiza keeps time the same time as Harare.
Harare has 1,171,567 more people — 4.2× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Harare or Chitungwiza?
- Harare is the larger city by population, with 1,542,813 people to 371,246 in Chitungwiza — a difference of 1,171,567. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Harare and Chitungwiza?
- 21 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Zimbabwe. Chitungwiza keeps time the same time as Harare.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Harare or Chitungwiza?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Harare is the larger of the two, with 1,542,813 people to 371,246 in Chitungwiza. 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 Harare and Chitungwiza both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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