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Pyongyang vs Hŭngnam

Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Pyongyang is the larger of the two, with 3,222,000 people to 346,082 in Hŭngnam. 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

Summary

Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Pyongyang is the larger of the two, with 3,222,000 people to 346,082 in Hŭngnam. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.

Neither Pyongyang nor Hŭngnam has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.

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Head to head

North Korea
Pyongyang and Hŭngnam compared on population, size, location and CityWar standing
Metric Pyongyang Hŭngnam
Populationcity proper, GeoNames3,222,000346,082
Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities1st largest5th largest
CountryNorth KoreaNorth Korea
RegionPyongyangSouth Hamgyong
National capitalYesNo
Local timewhen this page was generated7:50 AM · UTC+09:007:50 AM · UTC+09:00
CityWar rankUnclaimedUnclaimed
City score$1 contributed = 1 point$0$0
Backers00
Score added todaysince 00:00 UTC$0$0

Distance and time

185 km apart

Pyongyang and Hŭngnam are 185 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in North Korea. Hŭngnam keeps time the same time as Pyongyang.

Pyongyang has 2,875,918 more people — 9.3× the size of the other by city-proper population.

Questions

Answered from the data above
Which is bigger, Pyongyang or Hŭngnam?
Pyongyang is the larger city by population, with 3,222,000 people to 346,082 in Hŭngnam — a difference of 2,875,918. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
How far apart are Pyongyang and Hŭngnam?
185 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in North Korea. Hŭngnam keeps time the same time as Pyongyang.
Which city is winning on CityWar, Pyongyang or Hŭngnam?
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Pyongyang is the larger of the two, with 3,222,000 people to 346,082 in Hŭngnam. 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 Pyongyang and Hŭngnam both currently sit at $0.

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Settle it

Neither city is on the board. The first $1 behind either one decides which of them goes first.

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