Head to head
Bao'an vs Kabul
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Bao'an is the larger of the two, with 4,476,554 people to 4,434,550 in Kabul. 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 Bao'an is the larger of the two, with 4,476,554 people to 4,434,550 in Kabul. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Bao'an nor Kabul has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Two countries| Metric | Bao'an | Kabul |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 4,476,554 | 4,434,550 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 30th largest | 1st largest |
| Country | China | Afghanistan |
| Region | Guangdong | Kabul |
| National capital | No | Yes |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 3:48 AM · UTC+08:00 | 12:18 AM · UTC+04:30 |
| 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
4,526 km apartBao'an and Kabul are 4,526 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Bao'an is in China; Kabul is in Afghanistan. Kabul keeps time 3 hours 30 minutes behind Bao'an.
Bao'an has 42,004 more people — 1.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Bao'an or Kabul?
- Bao'an is the larger city by population, with 4,476,554 people to 4,434,550 in Kabul — a difference of 42,004. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Bao'an and Kabul?
- 4,526 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Bao'an is in China and Kabul is in Afghanistan. Kabul keeps time 3 hours 30 minutes behind Bao'an.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Bao'an or Kabul?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Bao'an is the larger of the two, with 4,476,554 people to 4,434,550 in Kabul. 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 Bao'an and Kabul both currently sit at $0.
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