Head to head
Manzini vs Mbabane
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Manzini is the larger of the two, with 110,537 people to 76,218 in Mbabane. 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 Manzini is the larger of the two, with 110,537 people to 76,218 in Mbabane. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Manzini nor Mbabane has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Eswatini| Metric | Manzini | Mbabane |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 110,537 | 76,218 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | — |
| Country | Eswatini | Eswatini |
| Region | Manzini Region | Hhohho Region |
| National capital | No | Yes |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 2:18 AM · UTC+02:00 | 2:18 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
32 km apartManzini and Mbabane are 32 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Eswatini. Mbabane keeps time the same time as Manzini.
Manzini has 34,319 more people — 1.5× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Manzini or Mbabane?
- Manzini is the larger city by population, with 110,537 people to 76,218 in Mbabane — a difference of 34,319. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Manzini and Mbabane?
- 32 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Eswatini. Mbabane keeps time the same time as Manzini.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Manzini or Mbabane?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Manzini is the larger of the two, with 110,537 people to 76,218 in Mbabane. 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 Manzini and Mbabane both currently sit at $0.
Settle it
Neither city is on the board. The first $1 behind either one decides which of them goes first.
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