Head to head
Serekunda vs Banjul
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Serekunda is the larger of the two, with 340,000 people to 37,274 in Banjul. 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 Serekunda is the larger of the two, with 340,000 people to 37,274 in Banjul. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Serekunda nor Banjul has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
the Gambia| Metric | Serekunda | Banjul |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 340,000 | 37,274 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | — |
| Country | Gambia | Gambia |
| Region | Banjul | Banjul |
| National capital | No | Yes |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 10:56 PM · UTC+00:00 | 10:56 PM · UTC+00:00 |
| 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
11 km apartSerekunda and Banjul are 11 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in the Gambia. Banjul keeps time the same time as Serekunda.
Serekunda has 302,726 more people — 9.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Serekunda or Banjul?
- Serekunda is the larger city by population, with 340,000 people to 37,274 in Banjul — a difference of 302,726. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Serekunda and Banjul?
- 11 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in the Gambia. Banjul keeps time the same time as Serekunda.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Serekunda or Banjul?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Serekunda is the larger of the two, with 340,000 people to 37,274 in Banjul. 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 Serekunda and Banjul both currently sit at $0.
Settle it
Neither city is on the board. The first $1 behind either one decides which of them goes first.
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