Head to head
Niamey vs Maradi
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Niamey is the larger of the two, with 1,323,691 people to 361,702 in Maradi. 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 Niamey is the larger of the two, with 1,323,691 people to 361,702 in Maradi. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Niamey nor Maradi has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Niger| Metric | Niamey | Maradi |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,323,691 | 361,702 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | Niger | Niger |
| Region | Niamey | Maradi Region |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:19 AM · UTC+01:00 | 1:19 AM · UTC+01:00 |
| 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
540 km apartNiamey and Maradi are 540 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Niger. Maradi keeps time the same time as Niamey.
Niamey has 961,989 more people — 3.7× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Niamey or Maradi?
- Niamey is the larger city by population, with 1,323,691 people to 361,702 in Maradi — a difference of 961,989. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Niamey and Maradi?
- 540 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Niger. Maradi keeps time the same time as Niamey.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Niamey or Maradi?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Niamey is the larger of the two, with 1,323,691 people to 361,702 in Maradi. 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 Niamey and Maradi both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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