Head to head
Johannesburg vs Alberton
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Johannesburg is the larger of the two, with 9,418,183 people to 121,536 in Alberton. 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 Johannesburg is the larger of the two, with 9,418,183 people to 121,536 in Alberton. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Johannesburg nor Alberton has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
South Africa| Metric | Johannesburg | Alberton |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 9,418,183 | 121,536 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 57th largest |
| Country | South Africa | South Africa |
| Region | Gauteng | Gauteng |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 2:21 AM · UTC+02:00 | 2:21 AM · UTC+02:00 |
| 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 km apartJohannesburg and Alberton are 11 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in South Africa. Alberton keeps time the same time as Johannesburg.
Johannesburg has 9,296,647 more people — 77.5× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Johannesburg or Alberton?
- Johannesburg is the larger city by population, with 9,418,183 people to 121,536 in Alberton — a difference of 9,296,647. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Johannesburg and Alberton?
- 11 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in South Africa. Alberton keeps time the same time as Johannesburg.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Johannesburg or Alberton?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Johannesburg is the larger of the two, with 9,418,183 people to 121,536 in Alberton. 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 Johannesburg and Alberton both currently sit at $0.
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