Head to head
Nay Pyi Taw vs Mawlamyine
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Nay Pyi Taw is the larger of the two, with 925,000 people to 438,861 in Mawlamyine. 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 Nay Pyi Taw is the larger of the two, with 925,000 people to 438,861 in Mawlamyine. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Nay Pyi Taw nor Mawlamyine has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Myanmar| Metric | Nay Pyi Taw | Mawlamyine |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 925,000 | 438,861 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Myanmar | Myanmar |
| Region | Nay Pyi Taw | Mon |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 5:27 AM · UTC+06:30 | 5:27 AM · UTC+06:30 |
| 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
395 km apartNay Pyi Taw and Mawlamyine are 395 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Myanmar. Mawlamyine keeps time the same time as Nay Pyi Taw.
Nay Pyi Taw has 486,139 more people — 2.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Nay Pyi Taw or Mawlamyine?
- Nay Pyi Taw is the larger city by population, with 925,000 people to 438,861 in Mawlamyine — a difference of 486,139. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Nay Pyi Taw and Mawlamyine?
- 395 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Myanmar. Mawlamyine keeps time the same time as Nay Pyi Taw.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Nay Pyi Taw or Mawlamyine?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Nay Pyi Taw is the larger of the two, with 925,000 people to 438,861 in Mawlamyine. 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 Nay Pyi Taw and Mawlamyine both currently sit at $0.
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