Head to head
Nanning vs Shantou
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Nanning is the larger of the two, with 3,839,800 people to 3,838,900 in Shantou. 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 Nanning is the larger of the two, with 3,839,800 people to 3,838,900 in Shantou. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Nanning nor Shantou has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
China| Metric | Nanning | Shantou |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 3,839,800 | 3,838,900 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 39th largest | 40th largest |
| Country | China | China |
| Region | Guangxi | Guangdong |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 3:48 AM · UTC+08:00 | 3:48 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
857 km apartNanning and Shantou are 857 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in China. Shantou keeps time the same time as Nanning.
Nanning has 900 more people — 1.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Nanning or Shantou?
- Nanning is the larger city by population, with 3,839,800 people to 3,838,900 in Shantou — a difference of 900. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Nanning and Shantou?
- 857 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in China. Shantou keeps time the same time as Nanning.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Nanning or Shantou?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Nanning is the larger of the two, with 3,839,800 people to 3,838,900 in Shantou. 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 Nanning and Shantou both currently sit at $0.
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