Head to head
Maputo vs Chimoio
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Maputo is the larger of the two, with 1,254,837 people to 422,046 in Chimoio. 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 Maputo is the larger of the two, with 1,254,837 people to 422,046 in Chimoio. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Maputo nor Chimoio has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Mozambique| Metric | Maputo | Chimoio |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,254,837 | 422,046 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Mozambique | Mozambique |
| Region | Maputo City | Manica |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 12:50 AM · UTC+02:00 | 12:50 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
767 km apartMaputo and Chimoio are 767 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Mozambique. Chimoio keeps time the same time as Maputo.
Maputo has 832,791 more people — 3.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Maputo or Chimoio?
- Maputo is the larger city by population, with 1,254,837 people to 422,046 in Chimoio — a difference of 832,791. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Maputo and Chimoio?
- 767 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Mozambique. Chimoio keeps time the same time as Maputo.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Maputo or Chimoio?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Maputo is the larger of the two, with 1,254,837 people to 422,046 in Chimoio. 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 Maputo and Chimoio both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
Neither city is on the board. The first $1 behind either one decides which of them goes first.
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