Head to head
Abomey-Calavi vs Parakou
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Abomey-Calavi is the larger of the two, with 385,755 people to 255,478 in Parakou. 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 Abomey-Calavi is the larger of the two, with 385,755 people to 255,478 in Parakou. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Abomey-Calavi nor Parakou has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Benin| Metric | Abomey-Calavi | Parakou |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 385,755 | 255,478 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Benin | Benin |
| Region | Atlantique | Borgou |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 11:57 PM · UTC+01:00 | 11:57 PM · UTC+01:00 |
| 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
323 km apartAbomey-Calavi and Parakou are 323 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Benin. Parakou keeps time the same time as Abomey-Calavi.
Abomey-Calavi has 130,277 more people — 1.5× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Abomey-Calavi or Parakou?
- Abomey-Calavi is the larger city by population, with 385,755 people to 255,478 in Parakou — a difference of 130,277. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Abomey-Calavi and Parakou?
- 323 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Benin. Parakou keeps time the same time as Abomey-Calavi.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Abomey-Calavi or Parakou?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Abomey-Calavi is the larger of the two, with 385,755 people to 255,478 in Parakou. 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 Abomey-Calavi and Parakou both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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