Head to head
Kira vs Bunamwaya
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Kira is the larger of the two, with 462,900 people to 413,400 in Bunamwaya. 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 Kira is the larger of the two, with 462,900 people to 413,400 in Bunamwaya. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Kira nor Bunamwaya has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Uganda| Metric | Kira | Bunamwaya |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 462,900 | 413,400 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Uganda | Uganda |
| Region | Central Region | Central Region |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:56 AM · UTC+03:00 | 1:56 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
18 km apartKira and Bunamwaya are 18 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Uganda. Bunamwaya keeps time the same time as Kira.
Kira has 49,500 more people — 1.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Kira or Bunamwaya?
- Kira is the larger city by population, with 462,900 people to 413,400 in Bunamwaya — a difference of 49,500. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Kira and Bunamwaya?
- 18 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Uganda. Bunamwaya keeps time the same time as Kira.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Kira or Bunamwaya?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Kira is the larger of the two, with 462,900 people to 413,400 in Bunamwaya. 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 Kira and Bunamwaya both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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