Head to head
Douala vs Maroua
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Douala is the larger of the two, with 1,338,082 people to 314,122 in Maroua. 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 Douala is the larger of the two, with 1,338,082 people to 314,122 in Maroua. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Douala nor Maroua has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Cameroon| Metric | Douala | Maroua |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,338,082 | 314,122 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Cameroon | Cameroon |
| Region | Littoral | Far North |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:14 AM · UTC+01:00 | 1:14 AM · 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
887 km apartDouala and Maroua are 887 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Cameroon. Maroua keeps time the same time as Douala.
Douala has 1,023,960 more people — 4.3× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Douala or Maroua?
- Douala is the larger city by population, with 1,338,082 people to 314,122 in Maroua — a difference of 1,023,960. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Douala and Maroua?
- 887 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Cameroon. Maroua keeps time the same time as Douala.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Douala or Maroua?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Douala is the larger of the two, with 1,338,082 people to 314,122 in Maroua. 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 Douala and Maroua both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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