Head to head
Bedok New Town vs Sengkang New Town
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Bedok New Town is the larger of the two, with 276,990 people to 267,600 in Sengkang New Town. 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 Bedok New Town is the larger of the two, with 276,990 people to 267,600 in Sengkang New Town. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Bedok New Town nor Sengkang New Town has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Singapore| Metric | Bedok New Town | Sengkang New Town |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 276,990 | 267,600 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Singapore | Singapore |
| Region | — | — |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 6:58 AM · UTC+08:00 | 6:58 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
9 km apartBedok New Town and Sengkang New Town are 9 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Singapore. Sengkang New Town keeps time the same time as Bedok New Town.
Bedok New Town has 9,390 more people — 1.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Bedok New Town or Sengkang New Town?
- Bedok New Town is the larger city by population, with 276,990 people to 267,600 in Sengkang New Town — a difference of 9,390. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Bedok New Town and Sengkang New Town?
- 9 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Singapore. Sengkang New Town keeps time the same time as Bedok New Town.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Bedok New Town or Sengkang New Town?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Bedok New Town is the larger of the two, with 276,990 people to 267,600 in Sengkang New Town. 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 Bedok New Town and Sengkang New Town both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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