Head to head
Zanzibar vs Arusha
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Zanzibar is the larger of the two, with 709,809 people to 617,631 in Arusha. 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 Zanzibar is the larger of the two, with 709,809 people to 617,631 in Arusha. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Zanzibar nor Arusha has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Tanzania| Metric | Zanzibar | Arusha |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 709,809 | 617,631 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 4th largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Tanzania | Tanzania |
| Region | Zanzibar Urban/West | Arusha |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:53 AM · UTC+03:00 | 1:53 AM · UTC+03:00 |
| 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
418 km apartZanzibar and Arusha are 418 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Tanzania. Arusha keeps time the same time as Zanzibar.
Zanzibar has 92,178 more people — 1.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Zanzibar or Arusha?
- Zanzibar is the larger city by population, with 709,809 people to 617,631 in Arusha — a difference of 92,178. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Zanzibar and Arusha?
- 418 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Tanzania. Arusha keeps time the same time as Zanzibar.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Zanzibar or Arusha?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Zanzibar is the larger of the two, with 709,809 people to 617,631 in Arusha. 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 Zanzibar and Arusha both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
Neither city is on the board. The first $1 behind either one decides which of them goes first.
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