Head to head
Sengkang New Town vs Jurong Town
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Sengkang New Town is the larger of the two, with 267,600 people to 262,730 in Jurong Town. 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 Sengkang New Town is the larger of the two, with 267,600 people to 262,730 in Jurong Town. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Sengkang New Town nor Jurong Town has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Singapore| Metric | Sengkang New Town | Jurong Town |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 267,600 | 262,730 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 4th largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Singapore | Singapore |
| Region | — | — |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 6:58 AM · UTC+08:00 | 6:58 AM · UTC+08:00 |
| 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
20 km apartSengkang New Town and Jurong Town are 20 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Singapore. Jurong Town keeps time the same time as Sengkang New Town.
Sengkang New Town has 4,870 more people — 1.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Sengkang New Town or Jurong Town?
- Sengkang New Town is the larger city by population, with 267,600 people to 262,730 in Jurong Town — a difference of 4,870. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Sengkang New Town and Jurong Town?
- 20 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Singapore. Jurong Town keeps time the same time as Sengkang New Town.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Sengkang New Town or Jurong Town?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Sengkang New Town is the larger of the two, with 267,600 people to 262,730 in Jurong Town. 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 Sengkang New Town and Jurong Town both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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