Head to head
Hefei vs Kano
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Hefei is the larger of the two, with 5,050,000 people to 4,910,000 in Kano. 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 Hefei is the larger of the two, with 5,050,000 people to 4,910,000 in Kano. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Hefei nor Kano has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Two countries| Metric | Hefei | Kano |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 5,050,000 | 4,910,000 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 24th largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | China | Nigeria |
| Region | Anhui | Kano State |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 3:48 AM · UTC+08:00 | 8:48 PM · UTC+01:00 |
| 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
11,015 km apartHefei and Kano are 11,015 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Hefei is in China; Kano is in Nigeria. Kano keeps time 7 hours behind Hefei.
Hefei has 140,000 more people — 1.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Hefei or Kano?
- Hefei is the larger city by population, with 5,050,000 people to 4,910,000 in Kano — a difference of 140,000. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Hefei and Kano?
- 11,015 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Hefei is in China and Kano is in Nigeria. Kano keeps time 7 hours behind Hefei.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Hefei or Kano?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Hefei is the larger of the two, with 5,050,000 people to 4,910,000 in Kano. 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 Hefei and Kano both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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