Head to head
Baotou vs Salaqi
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Baotou is the larger of the two, with 2,761,700 people to 104,090 in Salaqi. 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 Baotou is the larger of the two, with 2,761,700 people to 104,090 in Salaqi. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Baotou nor Salaqi has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
China| Metric | Baotou | Salaqi |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 2,761,700 | 104,090 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 58th largest | 660th largest |
| Country | China | China |
| Region | Inner Mongolia | Inner Mongolia |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 8:18 AM · UTC+08:00 | 8:18 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
58 km apartBaotou and Salaqi are 58 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in China. Salaqi keeps time the same time as Baotou.
Baotou has 2,657,610 more people — 26.5× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Baotou or Salaqi?
- Baotou is the larger city by population, with 2,761,700 people to 104,090 in Salaqi — a difference of 2,657,610. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Baotou and Salaqi?
- 58 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in China. Salaqi keeps time the same time as Baotou.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Baotou or Salaqi?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Baotou is the larger of the two, with 2,761,700 people to 104,090 in Salaqi. 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 Baotou and Salaqi both currently sit at $0.
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1Settle it
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