Head to head
Kunshan vs Taicang
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Kunshan is the larger of the two, with 2,092,496 people to 831,113 in Taicang. 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 Kunshan is the larger of the two, with 2,092,496 people to 831,113 in Taicang. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Kunshan nor Taicang has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
China| Metric | Kunshan | Taicang |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 2,092,496 | 831,113 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 76th largest | 235th largest |
| Country | China | China |
| Region | Jiangsu | Jiangsu |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 8:18 AM · UTC+08:00 | 8:18 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
15 km apartKunshan and Taicang are 15 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in China. Taicang keeps time the same time as Kunshan.
Kunshan has 1,261,383 more people — 2.5× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Kunshan or Taicang?
- Kunshan is the larger city by population, with 2,092,496 people to 831,113 in Taicang — a difference of 1,261,383. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Kunshan and Taicang?
- 15 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in China. Taicang keeps time the same time as Kunshan.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Kunshan or Taicang?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Kunshan is the larger of the two, with 2,092,496 people to 831,113 in Taicang. 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 Kunshan and Taicang both currently sit at $0.
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1Settle it
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