Head to head
Hangzhou vs Foshan
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Hangzhou is the larger of the two, with 9,236,032 people to 9,042,509 in Foshan. 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 Hangzhou is the larger of the two, with 9,236,032 people to 9,042,509 in Foshan. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Hangzhou nor Foshan has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
China| Metric | Hangzhou | Foshan |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 9,236,032 | 9,042,509 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 12th largest | 13th largest |
| Country | China | China |
| Region | Zhejiang | Guangdong |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 3:48 AM · UTC+08:00 | 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
1,068 km apartHangzhou and Foshan are 1,068 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in China. Foshan keeps time the same time as Hangzhou.
Hangzhou has 193,523 more people — 1.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Hangzhou or Foshan?
- Hangzhou is the larger city by population, with 9,236,032 people to 9,042,509 in Foshan — a difference of 193,523. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Hangzhou and Foshan?
- 1,068 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in China. Foshan keeps time the same time as Hangzhou.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Hangzhou or Foshan?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Hangzhou is the larger of the two, with 9,236,032 people to 9,042,509 in Foshan. 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 Hangzhou and Foshan both currently sit at $0.
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