Head to head
Abuja vs Port Harcourt
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Abuja is the larger of the two, with 2,690,000 people to 2,120,000 in Port Harcourt. 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 Abuja is the larger of the two, with 2,690,000 people to 2,120,000 in Port Harcourt. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Abuja nor Port Harcourt has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Nigeria| Metric | Abuja | Port Harcourt |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 2,690,000 | 2,120,000 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 4th largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Nigeria | Nigeria |
| Region | FCT | Rivers State |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 2:46 AM · UTC+01:00 | 2:46 AM · 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
479 km apartAbuja and Port Harcourt are 479 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Nigeria. Port Harcourt keeps time the same time as Abuja.
Abuja has 570,000 more people — 1.3× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Abuja or Port Harcourt?
- Abuja is the larger city by population, with 2,690,000 people to 2,120,000 in Port Harcourt — a difference of 570,000. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Abuja and Port Harcourt?
- 479 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Nigeria. Port Harcourt keeps time the same time as Abuja.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Abuja or Port Harcourt?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Abuja is the larger of the two, with 2,690,000 people to 2,120,000 in Port Harcourt. 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 Abuja and Port Harcourt both currently sit at $0.
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