Head to head
Hargeysa vs Kismayo
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Hargeysa is the larger of the two, with 477,876 people to 234,852 in Kismayo. 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 Hargeysa is the larger of the two, with 477,876 people to 234,852 in Kismayo. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Hargeysa nor Kismayo has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Somalia| Metric | Hargeysa | Kismayo |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 477,876 | 234,852 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Somalia | Somalia |
| Region | Woqooyi Galbeed | Lower Juba |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 3:19 AM · UTC+03:00 | 3:19 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
1,116 km apartHargeysa and Kismayo are 1,116 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Somalia. Kismayo keeps time the same time as Hargeysa.
Hargeysa has 243,024 more people — 2.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Hargeysa or Kismayo?
- Hargeysa is the larger city by population, with 477,876 people to 234,852 in Kismayo — a difference of 243,024. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Hargeysa and Kismayo?
- 1,116 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Somalia. Kismayo keeps time the same time as Hargeysa.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Hargeysa or Kismayo?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Hargeysa is the larger of the two, with 477,876 people to 234,852 in Kismayo. 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 Hargeysa and Kismayo both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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