Head to head
Hamhŭng vs Sunch’ŏn
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Hamhŭng is the larger of the two, with 559,056 people to 437,000 in Sunch’ŏn. 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 Hamhŭng is the larger of the two, with 559,056 people to 437,000 in Sunch’ŏn. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Hamhŭng nor Sunch’ŏn has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
North Korea| Metric | Hamhŭng | Sunch’ŏn |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 559,056 | 437,000 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | North Korea | North Korea |
| Region | South Hamgyong | South Pyongan |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 7:51 AM · UTC+09:00 | 7:51 AM · UTC+09:00 |
| 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
148 km apartHamhŭng and Sunch’ŏn are 148 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in North Korea. Sunch’ŏn keeps time the same time as Hamhŭng.
Hamhŭng has 122,056 more people — 1.3× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Hamhŭng or Sunch’ŏn?
- Hamhŭng is the larger city by population, with 559,056 people to 437,000 in Sunch’ŏn — a difference of 122,056. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Hamhŭng and Sunch’ŏn?
- 148 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in North Korea. Sunch’ŏn keeps time the same time as Hamhŭng.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Hamhŭng or Sunch’ŏn?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Hamhŭng is the larger of the two, with 559,056 people to 437,000 in Sunch’ŏn. 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 Hamhŭng and Sunch’ŏn both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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