Head to head
Medan vs Sunggal
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Medan is the larger of the two, with 2,486,283 people to 157,914 in Sunggal. 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 Medan is the larger of the two, with 2,486,283 people to 157,914 in Sunggal. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Medan nor Sunggal has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Indonesia| Metric | Medan | Sunggal |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 2,486,283 | 157,914 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 5th largest | 109th largest |
| Country | Indonesia | Indonesia |
| Region | North Sumatra | North Sumatra |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 5:56 AM · UTC+07:00 | 5:56 AM · UTC+07:00 |
| 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
6 km apartMedan and Sunggal are 6 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Indonesia. Sunggal keeps time the same time as Medan.
Medan has 2,328,369 more people — 15.7× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Medan or Sunggal?
- Medan is the larger city by population, with 2,486,283 people to 157,914 in Sunggal — a difference of 2,328,369. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Medan and Sunggal?
- 6 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Indonesia. Sunggal keeps time the same time as Medan.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Medan or Sunggal?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Medan is the larger of the two, with 2,486,283 people to 157,914 in Sunggal. 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 Medan and Sunggal both currently sit at $0.
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