Head to head
Jinan vs Mingshui
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Jinan is the larger of the two, with 4,335,989 people to 114,858 in Mingshui. 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 Jinan is the larger of the two, with 4,335,989 people to 114,858 in Mingshui. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Jinan nor Mingshui has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
China| Metric | Jinan | Mingshui |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 4,335,989 | 114,858 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 32nd largest | 614th largest |
| Country | China | China |
| Region | Shandong | Shandong |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 6:55 AM · UTC+08:00 | 6:55 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
45 km apartJinan and Mingshui are 45 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in China. Mingshui keeps time the same time as Jinan.
Jinan has 4,221,131 more people — 37.8× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Jinan or Mingshui?
- Jinan is the larger city by population, with 4,335,989 people to 114,858 in Mingshui — a difference of 4,221,131. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Jinan and Mingshui?
- 45 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in China. Mingshui keeps time the same time as Jinan.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Jinan or Mingshui?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Jinan is the larger of the two, with 4,335,989 people to 114,858 in Mingshui. 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 Jinan and Mingshui both currently sit at $0.
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