Head to head
Lusaka vs Chunga
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Lusaka is the larger of the two, with 2,212,301 people to 115,539 in Chunga. 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 Lusaka is the larger of the two, with 2,212,301 people to 115,539 in Chunga. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Lusaka nor Chunga has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Zambia| Metric | Lusaka | Chunga |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 2,212,301 | 115,539 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 13th largest |
| Country | Zambia | Zambia |
| Region | Lusaka Province | Lusaka Province |
| National capital | Yes | 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
10 km apartLusaka and Chunga are 10 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Zambia. Chunga keeps time the same time as Lusaka.
Lusaka has 2,096,762 more people — 19.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Lusaka or Chunga?
- Lusaka is the larger city by population, with 2,212,301 people to 115,539 in Chunga — a difference of 2,096,762. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Lusaka and Chunga?
- 10 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Zambia. Chunga keeps time the same time as Lusaka.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Lusaka or Chunga?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Lusaka is the larger of the two, with 2,212,301 people to 115,539 in Chunga. 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 Lusaka and Chunga both currently sit at $0.
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4Settle it
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