Head to head
Accra vs Tamale
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 464,316 in Tamale. 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 464,316 in Tamale. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Accra nor Tamale has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Ghana| Metric | Accra | Tamale |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,963,264 | 464,316 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | Ghana | Ghana |
| Region | Greater Accra | Northern |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| 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
433 km apartAccra and Tamale are 433 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Ghana. Tamale keeps time the same time as Accra.
Accra has 1,498,948 more people — 4.2× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Accra or Tamale?
- Accra is the larger city by population, with 1,963,264 people to 464,316 in Tamale — a difference of 1,498,948. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Accra and Tamale?
- 433 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Ghana. Tamale keeps time the same time as Accra.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Accra or Tamale?
- 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 464,316 in Tamale. 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 Tamale both currently sit at $0.
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