Head to head
Hanoi vs Huế
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 1,380,000 in Huế. 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 1,380,000 in Huế. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Hanoi nor Huế has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Vietnam| Metric | Hanoi | Huế |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 8,053,663 | 1,380,000 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Vietnam | Vietnam |
| Region | Hanoi | Thừa Thiên Huế Province |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 7:18 AM · UTC+07:00 | 7:18 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
540 km apartHanoi and Huế are 540 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Vietnam. Huế keeps time the same time as Hanoi.
Hanoi has 6,673,663 more people — 5.8× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Hanoi or Huế?
- Hanoi is the larger city by population, with 8,053,663 people to 1,380,000 in Huế — a difference of 6,673,663. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Hanoi and Huế?
- 540 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Vietnam. Huế keeps time the same time as Hanoi.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Hanoi or Huế?
- 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 1,380,000 in Huế. 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 Huế both currently sit at $0.
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