Head to head
Addis Ababa vs Mek'ele
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Addis Ababa is the larger of the two, with 3,860,000 people to 457,900 in Mek'ele. 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 Addis Ababa is the larger of the two, with 3,860,000 people to 457,900 in Mek'ele. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Addis Ababa nor Mek'ele has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Ethiopia| Metric | Addis Ababa | Mek'ele |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 3,860,000 | 457,900 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Ethiopia | Ethiopia |
| Region | Addis Ababa | Tigray |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:56 AM · UTC+03:00 | 1:56 AM · UTC+03:00 |
| 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
504 km apartAddis Ababa and Mek'ele are 504 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Ethiopia. Mek'ele keeps time the same time as Addis Ababa.
Addis Ababa has 3,402,100 more people — 8.4× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Addis Ababa or Mek'ele?
- Addis Ababa is the larger city by population, with 3,860,000 people to 457,900 in Mek'ele — a difference of 3,402,100. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Addis Ababa and Mek'ele?
- 504 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Ethiopia. Mek'ele keeps time the same time as Addis Ababa.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Addis Ababa or Mek'ele?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Addis Ababa is the larger of the two, with 3,860,000 people to 457,900 in Mek'ele. 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 Addis Ababa and Mek'ele both currently sit at $0.
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