Head to head
Cotonou vs Godomè
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Cotonou is the larger of the two, with 679,012 people to 253,262 in Godomè. 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 Cotonou is the larger of the two, with 679,012 people to 253,262 in Godomè. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Cotonou nor Godomè has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Benin| Metric | Cotonou | Godomè |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 679,012 | 253,262 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Benin | Benin |
| Region | Littoral | Atlantique |
| National capital | No | 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
8 km apartCotonou and Godomè are 8 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Benin. Godomè keeps time the same time as Cotonou.
Cotonou has 425,750 more people — 2.7× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Cotonou or Godomè?
- Cotonou is the larger city by population, with 679,012 people to 253,262 in Godomè — a difference of 425,750. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Cotonou and Godomè?
- 8 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Benin. Godomè keeps time the same time as Cotonou.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Cotonou or Godomè?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Cotonou is the larger of the two, with 679,012 people to 253,262 in Godomè. 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 Cotonou and Godomè both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
Neither city is on the board. The first $1 behind either one decides which of them goes first.
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