Head to head
Sarajevo vs Banja Luka
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Sarajevo is the larger of the two, with 696,731 people to 221,106 in Banja Luka. 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 Sarajevo is the larger of the two, with 696,731 people to 221,106 in Banja Luka. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Sarajevo nor Banja Luka has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Bosnia and Herzegovina| Metric | Sarajevo | Banja Luka |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 696,731 | 221,106 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Region | Federation of B&H | Srpska |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 2:20 AM · UTC+02:00 | 2:20 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
138 km apartSarajevo and Banja Luka are 138 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Banja Luka keeps time the same time as Sarajevo.
Sarajevo has 475,625 more people — 3.2× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Sarajevo or Banja Luka?
- Sarajevo is the larger city by population, with 696,731 people to 221,106 in Banja Luka — a difference of 475,625. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Sarajevo and Banja Luka?
- 138 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Banja Luka keeps time the same time as Sarajevo.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Sarajevo or Banja Luka?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Sarajevo is the larger of the two, with 696,731 people to 221,106 in Banja Luka. 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 Sarajevo and Banja Luka both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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