Head to head
Saaba vs Ouahigouya
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Saaba is the larger of the two, with 136,011 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 Saaba is the larger of the two, with 136,011 people to 124,587 in Ouahigouya. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Saaba nor Ouahigouya has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Burkina Faso| Metric | Saaba | Ouahigouya |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 136,011 | 124,587 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 4th largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Burkina Faso | Burkina Faso |
| Region | Centre | Nord |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 12:17 AM · UTC+00:00 | 12:17 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
173 km apartSaaba and Ouahigouya are 173 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Burkina Faso. Ouahigouya keeps time the same time as Saaba.
Saaba has 11,424 more people — 1.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Saaba or Ouahigouya?
- Saaba is the larger city by population, with 136,011 people to 124,587 in Ouahigouya — a difference of 11,424. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Saaba and Ouahigouya?
- 173 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Burkina Faso. Ouahigouya keeps time the same time as Saaba.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Saaba or Ouahigouya?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Saaba is the larger of the two, with 136,011 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 Saaba and Ouahigouya both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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