Head to head
Yei vs Wau
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Yei is the larger of the two, with 260,720 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 Yei is the larger of the two, with 260,720 people to 127,384 in Wau. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Yei nor Wau has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
South Sudan| Metric | Yei | Wau |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 260,720 | 127,384 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 5th largest |
| Country | South Sudan | South Sudan |
| Region | Central Equatoria | Western Bahr al Ghazal |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 12:52 AM · UTC+02:00 | 12:52 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
499 km apartYei and Wau are 499 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in South Sudan. Wau keeps time the same time as Yei.
Yei has 133,336 more people — 2.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Yei or Wau?
- Yei is the larger city by population, with 260,720 people to 127,384 in Wau — a difference of 133,336. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Yei and Wau?
- 499 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in South Sudan. Wau keeps time the same time as Yei.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Yei or Wau?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Yei is the larger of the two, with 260,720 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 Yei and Wau both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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