Head to head
Lusaka vs Kitwe
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 665,961 in Kitwe. 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 665,961 in Kitwe. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Lusaka nor Kitwe has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Zambia| Metric | Lusaka | Kitwe |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 2,212,301 | 665,961 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | Zambia | Zambia |
| Region | Lusaka Province | Copperbelt |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 12:52 AM · UTC+02:00 | 12:52 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
290 km apartLusaka and Kitwe are 290 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Zambia. Kitwe keeps time the same time as Lusaka.
Lusaka has 1,546,340 more people — 3.3× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Lusaka or Kitwe?
- Lusaka is the larger city by population, with 2,212,301 people to 665,961 in Kitwe — a difference of 1,546,340. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Lusaka and Kitwe?
- 290 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Zambia. Kitwe keeps time the same time as Lusaka.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Lusaka or Kitwe?
- 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 665,961 in Kitwe. 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 Kitwe both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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