Head to head
Jinan vs Taiyuan
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 4,303,673 in Taiyuan. 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 4,303,673 in Taiyuan. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Jinan nor Taiyuan has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
China| Metric | Jinan | Taiyuan |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 4,335,989 | 4,303,673 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 32nd largest | 33rd largest |
| Country | China | China |
| Region | Shandong | Shanxi |
| 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
415 km apartJinan and Taiyuan are 415 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in China. Taiyuan keeps time the same time as Jinan.
Jinan has 32,316 more people — 1.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Jinan or Taiyuan?
- Jinan is the larger city by population, with 4,335,989 people to 4,303,673 in Taiyuan — a difference of 32,316. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Jinan and Taiyuan?
- 415 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in China. Taiyuan keeps time the same time as Jinan.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Jinan or Taiyuan?
- 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 4,303,673 in Taiyuan. 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 Taiyuan both currently sit at $0.
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