Head to head
Freetown vs Koidu
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Freetown is the larger of the two, with 802,639 people to 128,030 in Koidu. 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 Freetown is the larger of the two, with 802,639 people to 128,030 in Koidu. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Freetown nor Koidu has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Sierra Leone| Metric | Freetown | Koidu |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 802,639 | 128,030 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Sierra Leone | Sierra Leone |
| Region | Western Area | Eastern Province |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 10:52 PM · UTC+00:00 | 10:52 PM · UTC+00:00 |
| 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
250 km apartFreetown and Koidu are 250 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Sierra Leone. Koidu keeps time the same time as Freetown.
Freetown has 674,609 more people — 6.3× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Freetown or Koidu?
- Freetown is the larger city by population, with 802,639 people to 128,030 in Koidu — a difference of 674,609. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Freetown and Koidu?
- 250 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Sierra Leone. Koidu keeps time the same time as Freetown.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Freetown or Koidu?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Freetown is the larger of the two, with 802,639 people to 128,030 in Koidu. 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 Freetown and Koidu both currently sit at $0.
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4Settle it
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