Head to head
Chengde vs Shiyan
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Chengde is the larger of the two, with 3,473,200 people to 3,460,000 in Shiyan. 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 Chengde is the larger of the two, with 3,473,200 people to 3,460,000 in Shiyan. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Chengde nor Shiyan has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
China| Metric | Chengde | Shiyan |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 3,473,200 | 3,460,000 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 44th largest | 45th largest |
| Country | China | China |
| Region | Hebei | Hubei |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 3:48 AM · UTC+08:00 | 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
1,122 km apartChengde and Shiyan are 1,122 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in China. Shiyan keeps time the same time as Chengde.
Chengde has 13,200 more people — 1.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Chengde or Shiyan?
- Chengde is the larger city by population, with 3,473,200 people to 3,460,000 in Shiyan — a difference of 13,200. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Chengde and Shiyan?
- 1,122 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in China. Shiyan keeps time the same time as Chengde.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Chengde or Shiyan?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Chengde is the larger of the two, with 3,473,200 people to 3,460,000 in Shiyan. 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 Chengde and Shiyan both currently sit at $0.
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