Head to head
Abidjan vs Bouaké
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Abidjan is the larger of the two, with 6,321,017 people to 832,371 in Bouaké. 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 Abidjan is the larger of the two, with 6,321,017 people to 832,371 in Bouaké. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Abidjan nor Bouaké has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Ivory Coast| Metric | Abidjan | Bouaké |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 6,321,017 | 832,371 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | Ivory Coast | Ivory Coast |
| Region | Abidjan Autonomous District | Vallée du Bandama District |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 12:15 AM · UTC+00:00 | 12:15 AM · 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
284 km apartAbidjan and Bouaké are 284 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Ivory Coast. Bouaké keeps time the same time as Abidjan.
Abidjan has 5,488,646 more people — 7.6× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Abidjan or Bouaké?
- Abidjan is the larger city by population, with 6,321,017 people to 832,371 in Bouaké — a difference of 5,488,646. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Abidjan and Bouaké?
- 284 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Ivory Coast. Bouaké keeps time the same time as Abidjan.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Abidjan or Bouaké?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Abidjan is the larger of the two, with 6,321,017 people to 832,371 in Bouaké. 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 Abidjan and Bouaké both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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