Head to head
Maputo vs Matola
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 1,198,988 in Matola. 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 1,198,988 in Matola. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Maputo nor Matola has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Mozambique| Metric | Maputo | Matola |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,254,837 | 1,198,988 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | Mozambique | Mozambique |
| Region | Maputo City | Maputo Province |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 2:12 AM · UTC+02:00 | 2:12 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
12 km apartMaputo and Matola are 12 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Mozambique. Matola keeps time the same time as Maputo.
Maputo has 55,849 more people — 1.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Maputo or Matola?
- Maputo is the larger city by population, with 1,254,837 people to 1,198,988 in Matola — a difference of 55,849. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Maputo and Matola?
- 12 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Mozambique. Matola keeps time the same time as Maputo.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Maputo or Matola?
- 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 1,198,988 in Matola. 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 Matola both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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