Head to head
Lanzhou vs Baiyin
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Lanzhou is the larger of the two, with 3,000,000 people to 294,400 in Baiyin. 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 Lanzhou is the larger of the two, with 3,000,000 people to 294,400 in Baiyin. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Lanzhou nor Baiyin has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
China| Metric | Lanzhou | Baiyin |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 3,000,000 | 294,400 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 55th largest | 394th largest |
| Country | China | China |
| Region | Gansu | Gansu |
| 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
62 km apartLanzhou and Baiyin are 62 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in China. Baiyin keeps time the same time as Lanzhou.
Lanzhou has 2,705,600 more people — 10.2× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Lanzhou or Baiyin?
- Lanzhou is the larger city by population, with 3,000,000 people to 294,400 in Baiyin — a difference of 2,705,600. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Lanzhou and Baiyin?
- 62 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in China. Baiyin keeps time the same time as Lanzhou.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Lanzhou or Baiyin?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Lanzhou is the larger of the two, with 3,000,000 people to 294,400 in Baiyin. 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 Lanzhou and Baiyin both currently sit at $0.
Settle it
Neither city is on the board. The first $1 behind either one decides which of them goes first.
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