Head to head
Kampala vs Kira
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Kampala is the larger of the two, with 1,680,600 people to 462,900 in Kira. 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 Kampala is the larger of the two, with 1,680,600 people to 462,900 in Kira. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Kampala nor Kira has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Uganda| Metric | Kampala | Kira |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,680,600 | 462,900 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | Uganda | Uganda |
| Region | Central Region | Central Region |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:53 AM · UTC+03:00 | 1:53 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
11 km apartKampala and Kira are 11 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Uganda. Kira keeps time the same time as Kampala.
Kampala has 1,217,700 more people — 3.6× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Kampala or Kira?
- Kampala is the larger city by population, with 1,680,600 people to 462,900 in Kira — a difference of 1,217,700. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Kampala and Kira?
- 11 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Uganda. Kira keeps time the same time as Kampala.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Kampala or Kira?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Kampala is the larger of the two, with 1,680,600 people to 462,900 in Kira. 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 Kampala and Kira both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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