Head to head
Ouagadougou vs Ouahigouya
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Ouagadougou is the larger of the two, with 2,415,266 people to 124,587 in Ouahigouya. 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 Ouagadougou is the larger of the two, with 2,415,266 people to 124,587 in Ouahigouya. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Ouagadougou nor Ouahigouya has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Burkina Faso| Metric | Ouagadougou | Ouahigouya |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 2,415,266 | 124,587 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Burkina Faso | Burkina Faso |
| Region | Centre | Nord |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 12:20 AM · UTC+00:00 | 12:20 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
165 km apartOuagadougou and Ouahigouya are 165 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Burkina Faso. Ouahigouya keeps time the same time as Ouagadougou.
Ouagadougou has 2,290,679 more people — 19.4× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Ouagadougou or Ouahigouya?
- Ouagadougou is the larger city by population, with 2,415,266 people to 124,587 in Ouahigouya — a difference of 2,290,679. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Ouagadougou and Ouahigouya?
- 165 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Burkina Faso. Ouahigouya keeps time the same time as Ouagadougou.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Ouagadougou or Ouahigouya?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Ouagadougou is the larger of the two, with 2,415,266 people to 124,587 in Ouahigouya. 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 Ouagadougou and Ouahigouya both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
Neither city is on the board. The first $1 behind either one decides which of them goes first.
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