Head to head
Ndola vs Chipata
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Ndola is the larger of the two, with 627,503 people to 327,059 in Chipata. 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 Ndola is the larger of the two, with 627,503 people to 327,059 in Chipata. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Ndola nor Chipata has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Zambia| Metric | Ndola | Chipata |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 627,503 | 327,059 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Zambia | Zambia |
| Region | Copperbelt | Eastern 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
441 km apartNdola and Chipata are 441 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Zambia. Chipata keeps time the same time as Ndola.
Ndola has 300,444 more people — 1.9× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Ndola or Chipata?
- Ndola is the larger city by population, with 627,503 people to 327,059 in Chipata — a difference of 300,444. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Ndola and Chipata?
- 441 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Zambia. Chipata keeps time the same time as Ndola.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Ndola or Chipata?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Ndola is the larger of the two, with 627,503 people to 327,059 in Chipata. 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 Ndola and Chipata both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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