Head to head
Pretoria vs Centurion
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Pretoria is the larger of the two, with 2,112,693 people to 236,580 in Centurion. 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 Pretoria is the larger of the two, with 2,112,693 people to 236,580 in Centurion. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Pretoria nor Centurion has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
South Africa| Metric | Pretoria | Centurion |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 2,112,693 | 236,580 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 4th largest | 31st largest |
| Country | South Africa | South Africa |
| Region | Gauteng | Gauteng |
| National capital | Yes | 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
13 km apartPretoria and Centurion are 13 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in South Africa. Centurion keeps time the same time as Pretoria.
Pretoria has 1,876,113 more people — 8.9× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Pretoria or Centurion?
- Pretoria is the larger city by population, with 2,112,693 people to 236,580 in Centurion — a difference of 1,876,113. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Pretoria and Centurion?
- 13 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in South Africa. Centurion keeps time the same time as Pretoria.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Pretoria or Centurion?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Pretoria is the larger of the two, with 2,112,693 people to 236,580 in Centurion. 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 Pretoria and Centurion both currently sit at $0.
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