Head to head
Abuja vs Suleja
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 162,135 in Suleja. 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 162,135 in Suleja. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Abuja nor Suleja has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Nigeria| Metric | Abuja | Suleja |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 2,690,000 | 162,135 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 4th largest | 76th largest |
| Country | Nigeria | Nigeria |
| Region | FCT | Niger State |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:16 AM · UTC+01:00 | 1:16 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
37 km apartAbuja and Suleja are 37 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Nigeria. Suleja keeps time the same time as Abuja.
Abuja has 2,527,865 more people — 16.6× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Abuja or Suleja?
- Abuja is the larger city by population, with 2,690,000 people to 162,135 in Suleja — a difference of 2,527,865. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Abuja and Suleja?
- 37 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Nigeria. Suleja keeps time the same time as Abuja.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Abuja or Suleja?
- 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 162,135 in Suleja. 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 Suleja both currently sit at $0.
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