Head to head
Kumasi vs Obuase
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Kumasi is the larger of the two, with 2,544,530 people to 179,604 in Obuase. 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 Kumasi is the larger of the two, with 2,544,530 people to 179,604 in Obuase. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Kumasi nor Obuase has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Ghana| Metric | Kumasi | Obuase |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 2,544,530 | 179,604 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 9th largest |
| Country | Ghana | Ghana |
| Region | Ashanti | Ashanti |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 10:56 PM · UTC+00:00 | 10:56 PM · UTC+00:00 |
| 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
54 km apartKumasi and Obuase are 54 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Ghana. Obuase keeps time the same time as Kumasi.
Kumasi has 2,364,926 more people — 14.2× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Kumasi or Obuase?
- Kumasi is the larger city by population, with 2,544,530 people to 179,604 in Obuase — a difference of 2,364,926. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Kumasi and Obuase?
- 54 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Ghana. Obuase keeps time the same time as Kumasi.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Kumasi or Obuase?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Kumasi is the larger of the two, with 2,544,530 people to 179,604 in Obuase. 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 Kumasi and Obuase both currently sit at $0.
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