Head to head
Kingston vs Spanish Town
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Kingston is the larger of the two, with 937,700 people to 145,018 in Spanish Town. 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 Kingston is the larger of the two, with 937,700 people to 145,018 in Spanish Town. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Kingston nor Spanish Town has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Jamaica| Metric | Kingston | Spanish Town |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 937,700 | 145,018 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | Jamaica | Jamaica |
| Region | Kingston | Saint Catherine Parish |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 7:20 PM · UTC-05:00 | 7:20 PM · UTC-05:00 |
| 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
17 km apartKingston and Spanish Town are 17 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Jamaica. Spanish Town keeps time the same time as Kingston.
Kingston has 792,682 more people — 6.5× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Kingston or Spanish Town?
- Kingston is the larger city by population, with 937,700 people to 145,018 in Spanish Town — a difference of 792,682. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Kingston and Spanish Town?
- 17 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Jamaica. Spanish Town keeps time the same time as Kingston.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Kingston or Spanish Town?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Kingston is the larger of the two, with 937,700 people to 145,018 in Spanish Town. 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 Kingston and Spanish Town both currently sit at $0.
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