Head to head
Ankara vs Chengde
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Ankara is the larger of the two, with 3,517,182 people to 3,473,200 in Chengde. 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 Ankara is the larger of the two, with 3,517,182 people to 3,473,200 in Chengde. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Ankara nor Chengde has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Two countries| Metric | Ankara | Chengde |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 3,517,182 | 3,473,200 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 44th largest |
| Country | Turkey | China |
| Region | Ankara | Hebei |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 10:48 PM · UTC+03:00 | 3:48 AM · UTC+08:00 |
| 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
6,890 km apartAnkara and Chengde are 6,890 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Ankara is in Turkey; Chengde is in China. Chengde keeps time 5 hours ahead of Ankara.
Ankara has 43,982 more people — 1.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Ankara or Chengde?
- Ankara is the larger city by population, with 3,517,182 people to 3,473,200 in Chengde — a difference of 43,982. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Ankara and Chengde?
- 6,890 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Ankara is in Turkey and Chengde is in China. Chengde keeps time 5 hours ahead of Ankara.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Ankara or Chengde?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Ankara is the larger of the two, with 3,517,182 people to 3,473,200 in Chengde. 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 Ankara and Chengde both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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