Head to head
Winejok vs Wau
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Winejok is the larger of the two, with 300,000 people to 127,384 in Wau. 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 Winejok is the larger of the two, with 300,000 people to 127,384 in Wau. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Winejok nor Wau has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
South Sudan| Metric | Winejok | Wau |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 300,000 | 127,384 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 5th largest |
| Country | South Sudan | South Sudan |
| Region | Northern Bahr al Ghazal | Western Bahr al Ghazal |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 3:45 AM · UTC+02:00 | 3:45 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
153 km apartWinejok and Wau are 153 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in South Sudan. Wau keeps time the same time as Winejok.
Winejok has 172,616 more people — 2.4× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Winejok or Wau?
- Winejok is the larger city by population, with 300,000 people to 127,384 in Wau — a difference of 172,616. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Winejok and Wau?
- 153 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in South Sudan. Wau keeps time the same time as Winejok.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Winejok or Wau?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Winejok is the larger of the two, with 300,000 people to 127,384 in Wau. 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 Winejok and Wau both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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