Head to head
Brazzaville vs Pointe-Noire
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Brazzaville is the larger of the two, with 1,982,000 people to 1,032,000 in Pointe-Noire. 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 Brazzaville is the larger of the two, with 1,982,000 people to 1,032,000 in Pointe-Noire. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Brazzaville nor Pointe-Noire has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
the Republic of the Congo| Metric | Brazzaville | Pointe-Noire |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,982,000 | 1,032,000 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | Republic of the Congo | Republic of the Congo |
| Region | Brazzaville | Pointe-Noire |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 11:56 PM · UTC+01:00 | 11:56 PM · UTC+01:00 |
| 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
383 km apartBrazzaville and Pointe-Noire are 383 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in the Republic of the Congo. Pointe-Noire keeps time the same time as Brazzaville.
Brazzaville has 950,000 more people — 1.9× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Brazzaville or Pointe-Noire?
- Brazzaville is the larger city by population, with 1,982,000 people to 1,032,000 in Pointe-Noire — a difference of 950,000. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire?
- 383 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in the Republic of the Congo. Pointe-Noire keeps time the same time as Brazzaville.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Brazzaville or Pointe-Noire?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Brazzaville is the larger of the two, with 1,982,000 people to 1,032,000 in Pointe-Noire. 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 Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire both currently sit at $0.
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