Head to head
Lubumbashi vs Mbuji-Mayi
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Lubumbashi is the larger of the two, with 2,221,925 people to 2,101,332 in Mbuji-Mayi. 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 Lubumbashi is the larger of the two, with 2,221,925 people to 2,101,332 in Mbuji-Mayi. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Lubumbashi nor Mbuji-Mayi has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
the Democratic Republic of the Congo| Metric | Lubumbashi | Mbuji-Mayi |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 2,221,925 | 2,101,332 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Region | Haut-Katanga | East Kasai |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 2:21 AM · UTC+02:00 | 2:21 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
748 km apartLubumbashi and Mbuji-Mayi are 748 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Mbuji-Mayi keeps time the same time as Lubumbashi.
Lubumbashi has 120,593 more people — 1.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Lubumbashi or Mbuji-Mayi?
- Lubumbashi is the larger city by population, with 2,221,925 people to 2,101,332 in Mbuji-Mayi — a difference of 120,593. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Lubumbashi and Mbuji-Mayi?
- 748 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Mbuji-Mayi keeps time the same time as Lubumbashi.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Lubumbashi or Mbuji-Mayi?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Lubumbashi is the larger of the two, with 2,221,925 people to 2,101,332 in Mbuji-Mayi. 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 Lubumbashi and Mbuji-Mayi both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
Neither city is on the board. The first $1 behind either one decides which of them goes first.
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