Head to head
Macau vs Taipa
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Macau is the larger of the two, with 649,335 people to 112,051 in Taipa. 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 Macau is the larger of the two, with 649,335 people to 112,051 in Taipa. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Macau nor Taipa has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Macao| Metric | Macau | Taipa |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 649,335 | 112,051 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | Macao | Macao |
| Region | — | Our Lady of Carmo |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 6:51 AM · UTC+08:00 | 6:51 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
5 km apartMacau and Taipa are 5 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Macao. Taipa keeps time the same time as Macau.
Macau has 537,284 more people — 5.8× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Macau or Taipa?
- Macau is the larger city by population, with 649,335 people to 112,051 in Taipa — a difference of 537,284. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Macau and Taipa?
- 5 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Macao. Taipa keeps time the same time as Macau.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Macau or Taipa?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Macau is the larger of the two, with 649,335 people to 112,051 in Taipa. 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 Macau and Taipa 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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