Head to head
Abidjan vs Xinyang
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 6,234,401 in Xinyang. 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 6,234,401 in Xinyang. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Abidjan nor Xinyang has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Two countries| Metric | Abidjan | Xinyang |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 6,321,017 | 6,234,401 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 21st largest |
| Country | Ivory Coast | China |
| Region | Abidjan Autonomous District | Henan |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 7:48 PM · UTC+00:00 | 3:48 AM · UTC+08:00 |
| 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
12,266 km apartAbidjan and Xinyang are 12,266 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Abidjan is in Ivory Coast; Xinyang is in China. Xinyang keeps time 8 hours ahead of Abidjan.
Abidjan has 86,616 more people — 1.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Abidjan or Xinyang?
- Abidjan is the larger city by population, with 6,321,017 people to 6,234,401 in Xinyang — a difference of 86,616. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Abidjan and Xinyang?
- 12,266 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Abidjan is in Ivory Coast and Xinyang is in China. Xinyang keeps time 8 hours ahead of Abidjan.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Abidjan or Xinyang?
- 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 6,234,401 in Xinyang. 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 Xinyang both currently sit at $0.
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