Head to head
Mutare vs Gweru
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Mutare is the larger of the two, with 224,802 people to 158,200 in Gweru. 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 Mutare is the larger of the two, with 224,802 people to 158,200 in Gweru. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Mutare nor Gweru has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Zimbabwe| Metric | Mutare | Gweru |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 224,802 | 158,200 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 4th largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe |
| Region | Manicaland | Midlands Province |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 12:51 AM · UTC+02:00 | 12:51 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
304 km apartMutare and Gweru are 304 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Zimbabwe. Gweru keeps time the same time as Mutare.
Mutare has 66,602 more people — 1.4× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Mutare or Gweru?
- Mutare is the larger city by population, with 224,802 people to 158,200 in Gweru — a difference of 66,602. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Mutare and Gweru?
- 304 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Zimbabwe. Gweru keeps time the same time as Mutare.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Mutare or Gweru?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Mutare is the larger of the two, with 224,802 people to 158,200 in Gweru. 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 Mutare and Gweru both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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