Head to head
Haikou vs Xiuying
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Haikou is the larger of the two, with 2,873,358 people to 290,000 in Xiuying. 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 Haikou is the larger of the two, with 2,873,358 people to 290,000 in Xiuying. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Haikou nor Xiuying has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
China| Metric | Haikou | Xiuying |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 2,873,358 | 290,000 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 57th largest | 395th largest |
| Country | China | China |
| Region | Hainan | Hainan |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 8:20 AM · UTC+08:00 | 8:20 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
7 km apartHaikou and Xiuying are 7 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in China. Xiuying keeps time the same time as Haikou.
Haikou has 2,583,358 more people — 9.9× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Haikou or Xiuying?
- Haikou is the larger city by population, with 2,873,358 people to 290,000 in Xiuying — a difference of 2,583,358. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Haikou and Xiuying?
- 7 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in China. Xiuying keeps time the same time as Haikou.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Haikou or Xiuying?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Haikou is the larger of the two, with 2,873,358 people to 290,000 in Xiuying. 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 Haikou and Xiuying both currently sit at $0.
Settle it
Neither city is on the board. The first $1 behind either one decides which of them goes first.
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