Head to head
Porto-Novo vs Parakou
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Porto-Novo is the larger of the two, with 264,320 people to 255,478 in Parakou. 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 Porto-Novo is the larger of the two, with 264,320 people to 255,478 in Parakou. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Porto-Novo nor Parakou has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Benin| Metric | Porto-Novo | Parakou |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 264,320 | 255,478 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Benin | Benin |
| Region | Ouémé | Borgou |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 11:58 PM · UTC+01:00 | 11:58 PM · 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
316 km apartPorto-Novo and Parakou are 316 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Benin. Parakou keeps time the same time as Porto-Novo.
Porto-Novo has 8,842 more people — 1.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Porto-Novo or Parakou?
- Porto-Novo is the larger city by population, with 264,320 people to 255,478 in Parakou — a difference of 8,842. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Porto-Novo and Parakou?
- 316 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Benin. Parakou keeps time the same time as Porto-Novo.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Porto-Novo or Parakou?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Porto-Novo is the larger of the two, with 264,320 people to 255,478 in Parakou. 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 Porto-Novo and Parakou both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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