Head to head
Malakal vs Wau
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Malakal is the larger of the two, with 160,765 people to 127,384 in Wau. 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 Malakal is the larger of the two, with 160,765 people to 127,384 in Wau. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Malakal nor Wau has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
South Sudan| Metric | Malakal | Wau |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 160,765 | 127,384 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 4th largest | 5th largest |
| Country | South Sudan | South Sudan |
| Region | Upper Nile | Western Bahr al Ghazal |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 12:53 AM · UTC+02:00 | 12:53 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
452 km apartMalakal and Wau are 452 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in South Sudan. Wau keeps time the same time as Malakal.
Malakal has 33,381 more people — 1.3× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Malakal or Wau?
- Malakal is the larger city by population, with 160,765 people to 127,384 in Wau — a difference of 33,381. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Malakal and Wau?
- 452 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in South Sudan. Wau keeps time the same time as Malakal.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Malakal or Wau?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Malakal is the larger of the two, with 160,765 people to 127,384 in Wau. 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 Malakal and Wau both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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