Head to head
Hanoi vs Cần Thơ
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Hanoi is the larger of the two, with 8,053,663 people to 1,507,187 in Cần Thơ. 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 Hanoi is the larger of the two, with 8,053,663 people to 1,507,187 in Cần Thơ. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Hanoi nor Cần Thơ has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Vietnam| Metric | Hanoi | Cần Thơ |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 8,053,663 | 1,507,187 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Vietnam | Vietnam |
| Region | Hanoi | Can Tho City |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 5:54 AM · UTC+07:00 | 5:54 AM · UTC+07:00 |
| 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
1,222 km apartHanoi and Cần Thơ are 1,222 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Vietnam. Cần Thơ keeps time the same time as Hanoi.
Hanoi has 6,546,476 more people — 5.3× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Hanoi or Cần Thơ?
- Hanoi is the larger city by population, with 8,053,663 people to 1,507,187 in Cần Thơ — a difference of 6,546,476. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Hanoi and Cần Thơ?
- 1,222 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Vietnam. Cần Thơ keeps time the same time as Hanoi.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Hanoi or Cần Thơ?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Hanoi is the larger of the two, with 8,053,663 people to 1,507,187 in Cần Thơ. 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 Hanoi and Cần Thơ both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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