Head to head
Kampala vs Nansana
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 532,800 in Nansana. 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 532,800 in Nansana. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Kampala nor Nansana has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Uganda| Metric | Kampala | Nansana |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,680,600 | 532,800 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 2nd 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
8 km apartKampala and Nansana are 8 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Uganda. Nansana keeps time the same time as Kampala.
Kampala has 1,147,800 more people — 3.2× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Kampala or Nansana?
- Kampala is the larger city by population, with 1,680,600 people to 532,800 in Nansana — a difference of 1,147,800. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Kampala and Nansana?
- 8 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Uganda. Nansana keeps time the same time as Kampala.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Kampala or Nansana?
- 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 532,800 in Nansana. 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 Nansana both currently sit at $0.
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