Head to head
Khartoum vs Omdurman
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Khartoum is the larger of the two, with 1,974,647 people to 1,849,659 in Omdurman. 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 Khartoum is the larger of the two, with 1,974,647 people to 1,849,659 in Omdurman. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Khartoum nor Omdurman has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Sudan| Metric | Khartoum | Omdurman |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,974,647 | 1,849,659 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | Sudan | Sudan |
| Region | Khartoum | Khartoum |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 12:56 AM · UTC+02:00 | 12:56 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
12 km apartKhartoum and Omdurman are 12 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Sudan. Omdurman keeps time the same time as Khartoum.
Khartoum has 124,988 more people — 1.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Khartoum or Omdurman?
- Khartoum is the larger city by population, with 1,974,647 people to 1,849,659 in Omdurman — a difference of 124,988. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Khartoum and Omdurman?
- 12 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Sudan. Omdurman keeps time the same time as Khartoum.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Khartoum or Omdurman?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Khartoum is the larger of the two, with 1,974,647 people to 1,849,659 in Omdurman. 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 Khartoum and Omdurman both currently sit at $0.
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