Head to head
Mahajanga vs Fianarantsoa
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Mahajanga is the larger of the two, with 260,556 people to 203,105 in Fianarantsoa. 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 Mahajanga is the larger of the two, with 260,556 people to 203,105 in Fianarantsoa. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Mahajanga nor Fianarantsoa has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Madagascar| Metric | Mahajanga | Fianarantsoa |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 260,556 | 203,105 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 4th largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Madagascar | Madagascar |
| Region | Boeny | Upper Matsiatra |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:57 AM · UTC+03:00 | 1:57 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
643 km apartMahajanga and Fianarantsoa are 643 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Madagascar. Fianarantsoa keeps time the same time as Mahajanga.
Mahajanga has 57,451 more people — 1.3× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Mahajanga or Fianarantsoa?
- Mahajanga is the larger city by population, with 260,556 people to 203,105 in Fianarantsoa — a difference of 57,451. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Mahajanga and Fianarantsoa?
- 643 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Madagascar. Fianarantsoa keeps time the same time as Mahajanga.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Mahajanga or Fianarantsoa?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Mahajanga is the larger of the two, with 260,556 people to 203,105 in Fianarantsoa. 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 Mahajanga and Fianarantsoa both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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