Head to head
Jaffna vs Moratuwa
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Jaffna is the larger of the two, with 169,102 people to 168,280 in Moratuwa. 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 Jaffna is the larger of the two, with 169,102 people to 168,280 in Moratuwa. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Jaffna nor Moratuwa has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Sri Lanka| Metric | Jaffna | Moratuwa |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 169,102 | 168,280 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 4th largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka |
| Region | Northern Province | Western Province |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 5:46 AM · UTC+05:30 | 5:46 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
322 km apartJaffna and Moratuwa are 322 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Sri Lanka. Moratuwa keeps time the same time as Jaffna.
Jaffna has 822 more people — 1.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Jaffna or Moratuwa?
- Jaffna is the larger city by population, with 169,102 people to 168,280 in Moratuwa — a difference of 822. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Jaffna and Moratuwa?
- 322 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Sri Lanka. Moratuwa keeps time the same time as Jaffna.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Jaffna or Moratuwa?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Jaffna is the larger of the two, with 169,102 people to 168,280 in Moratuwa. 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 Jaffna and Moratuwa both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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