Head to head
Abidjan vs Yamoussoukro
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 275,686 in Yamoussoukro. 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 275,686 in Yamoussoukro. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Abidjan nor Yamoussoukro has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Ivory Coast| Metric | Abidjan | Yamoussoukro |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 6,321,017 | 275,686 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 9th largest |
| Country | Ivory Coast | Ivory Coast |
| Region | Abidjan Autonomous District | Lacs District |
| National capital | No | Yes |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 10:53 PM · UTC+00:00 | 10:53 PM · 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
216 km apartAbidjan and Yamoussoukro are 216 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Ivory Coast. Yamoussoukro keeps time the same time as Abidjan.
Abidjan has 6,045,331 more people — 22.9× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Abidjan or Yamoussoukro?
- Abidjan is the larger city by population, with 6,321,017 people to 275,686 in Yamoussoukro — a difference of 6,045,331. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Abidjan and Yamoussoukro?
- 216 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Ivory Coast. Yamoussoukro keeps time the same time as Abidjan.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Abidjan or Yamoussoukro?
- 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 275,686 in Yamoussoukro. 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 Yamoussoukro both currently sit at $0.
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4Settle it
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