Head to head
Kigali vs Nyagatare
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Kigali is the larger of the two, with 1,132,686 people to 100,000 in Nyagatare. 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 Kigali is the larger of the two, with 1,132,686 people to 100,000 in Nyagatare. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Kigali nor Nyagatare has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Rwanda| Metric | Kigali | Nyagatare |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,132,686 | 100,000 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Rwanda | Rwanda |
| Region | Kigali | Eastern Province |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 12:56 AM · UTC+02:00 | 12:56 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
78 km apartKigali and Nyagatare are 78 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Rwanda. Nyagatare keeps time the same time as Kigali.
Kigali has 1,032,686 more people — 11.3× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Kigali or Nyagatare?
- Kigali is the larger city by population, with 1,132,686 people to 100,000 in Nyagatare — a difference of 1,032,686. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Kigali and Nyagatare?
- 78 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Rwanda. Nyagatare keeps time the same time as Kigali.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Kigali or Nyagatare?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Kigali is the larger of the two, with 1,132,686 people to 100,000 in Nyagatare. 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 Kigali and Nyagatare both currently sit at $0.
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4Settle it
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