Head to head
Musanze vs Nyagatare
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Musanze is the larger of the two, with 153,368 people to 100,000 in Nyagatare. 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 Musanze is the larger of the two, with 153,368 people to 100,000 in Nyagatare. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Musanze nor Nyagatare has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Rwanda| Metric | Musanze | Nyagatare |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 153,368 | 100,000 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Rwanda | Rwanda |
| Region | Northern Province | Eastern Province |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 12:57 AM · UTC+02:00 | 12:57 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
80 km apartMusanze and Nyagatare are 80 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Rwanda. Nyagatare keeps time the same time as Musanze.
Musanze has 53,368 more people — 1.5× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Musanze or Nyagatare?
- Musanze is the larger city by population, with 153,368 people to 100,000 in Nyagatare — a difference of 53,368. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Musanze and Nyagatare?
- 80 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Rwanda. Nyagatare keeps time the same time as Musanze.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Musanze or Nyagatare?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Musanze is the larger of the two, with 153,368 people to 100,000 in Nyagatare. 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 Musanze and Nyagatare both currently sit at $0.
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4Settle it
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