Head to head
Durban vs Anshan
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Durban is the larger of the two, with 3,338,026 people to 3,325,372 in Anshan. 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 Durban is the larger of the two, with 3,338,026 people to 3,325,372 in Anshan. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Durban nor Anshan has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Two countries| Metric | Durban | Anshan |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 3,338,026 | 3,325,372 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 48th largest |
| Country | South Africa | China |
| Region | KwaZulu-Natal | Liaoning |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 9:48 PM · UTC+02:00 | 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
12,284 km apartDurban and Anshan are 12,284 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Durban is in South Africa; Anshan is in China. Anshan keeps time 6 hours ahead of Durban.
Durban has 12,654 more people — 1.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Durban or Anshan?
- Durban is the larger city by population, with 3,338,026 people to 3,325,372 in Anshan — a difference of 12,654. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Durban and Anshan?
- 12,284 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Durban is in South Africa and Anshan is in China. Anshan keeps time 6 hours ahead of Durban.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Durban or Anshan?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Durban is the larger of the two, with 3,338,026 people to 3,325,372 in Anshan. 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 Durban and Anshan both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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