Head to head
Accra vs Medina Estates
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Accra is the larger of the two, with 1,963,264 people to 101,207 in Medina Estates. 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 Accra is the larger of the two, with 1,963,264 people to 101,207 in Medina Estates. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Accra nor Medina Estates has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Ghana| Metric | Accra | Medina Estates |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,963,264 | 101,207 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 15th largest |
| Country | Ghana | Ghana |
| Region | Greater Accra | Greater Accra |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 10:56 PM · UTC+00:00 | 10:56 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
13 km apartAccra and Medina Estates are 13 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Ghana. Medina Estates keeps time the same time as Accra.
Accra has 1,862,057 more people — 19.4× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Accra or Medina Estates?
- Accra is the larger city by population, with 1,963,264 people to 101,207 in Medina Estates — a difference of 1,862,057. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Accra and Medina Estates?
- 13 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Ghana. Medina Estates keeps time the same time as Accra.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Accra or Medina Estates?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Accra is the larger of the two, with 1,963,264 people to 101,207 in Medina Estates. 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 Accra and Medina Estates both currently sit at $0.
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