Head to head
Kitwe vs Solwezi
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Kitwe is the larger of the two, with 665,961 people to 301,370 in Solwezi. 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 Kitwe is the larger of the two, with 665,961 people to 301,370 in Solwezi. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Kitwe nor Solwezi has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Zambia| Metric | Kitwe | Solwezi |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 665,961 | 301,370 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Zambia | Zambia |
| Region | Copperbelt | North-Western |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 2:13 AM · UTC+02:00 | 2:13 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
210 km apartKitwe and Solwezi are 210 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Zambia. Solwezi keeps time the same time as Kitwe.
Kitwe has 364,591 more people — 2.2× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Kitwe or Solwezi?
- Kitwe is the larger city by population, with 665,961 people to 301,370 in Solwezi — a difference of 364,591. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Kitwe and Solwezi?
- 210 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Zambia. Solwezi keeps time the same time as Kitwe.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Kitwe or Solwezi?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Kitwe is the larger of the two, with 665,961 people to 301,370 in Solwezi. 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 Kitwe and Solwezi both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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