Head to head
Mwanza vs Zanzibar
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Mwanza is the larger of the two, with 1,104,521 people to 709,809 in Zanzibar. 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 Mwanza is the larger of the two, with 1,104,521 people to 709,809 in Zanzibar. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Mwanza nor Zanzibar has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Tanzania| Metric | Mwanza | Zanzibar |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,104,521 | 709,809 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Tanzania | Tanzania |
| Region | Mwanza | Zanzibar Urban/West |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:54 AM · UTC+03:00 | 1:54 AM · UTC+03:00 |
| 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
807 km apartMwanza and Zanzibar are 807 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Tanzania. Zanzibar keeps time the same time as Mwanza.
Mwanza has 394,712 more people — 1.6× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Mwanza or Zanzibar?
- Mwanza is the larger city by population, with 1,104,521 people to 709,809 in Zanzibar — a difference of 394,712. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Mwanza and Zanzibar?
- 807 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Tanzania. Zanzibar keeps time the same time as Mwanza.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Mwanza or Zanzibar?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Mwanza is the larger of the two, with 1,104,521 people to 709,809 in Zanzibar. 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 Mwanza and Zanzibar both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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