Head to head
Nzérékoré vs Kankan
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Nzérékoré is the larger of the two, with 226,426 people to 221,428 in Kankan. 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 Nzérékoré is the larger of the two, with 226,426 people to 221,428 in Kankan. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Nzérékoré nor Kankan has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Guinea| Metric | Nzérékoré | Kankan |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 226,426 | 221,428 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Guinea | Guinea |
| Region | Nzérékoré Region | Kankan Region |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 12:16 AM · UTC+00:00 | 12:16 AM · UTC+00:00 |
| 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
297 km apartNzérékoré and Kankan are 297 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Guinea. Kankan keeps time the same time as Nzérékoré.
Nzérékoré has 4,998 more people — 1.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Nzérékoré or Kankan?
- Nzérékoré is the larger city by population, with 226,426 people to 221,428 in Kankan — a difference of 4,998. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Nzérékoré and Kankan?
- 297 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Guinea. Kankan keeps time the same time as Nzérékoré.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Nzérékoré or Kankan?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Nzérékoré is the larger of the two, with 226,426 people to 221,428 in Kankan. 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 Nzérékoré and Kankan both currently sit at $0.
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