Head to head
Shenzhen vs Fanling
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Shenzhen is the larger of the two, with 17,494,398 people to 263,200 in Fanling. 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 Shenzhen is the larger of the two, with 17,494,398 people to 263,200 in Fanling. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Shenzhen nor Fanling has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Two countries| Metric | Shenzhen | Fanling |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 17,494,398 | 263,200 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 13th largest |
| Country | China | Hong Kong |
| Region | Guangdong | North District |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 6:55 AM · UTC+08:00 | 6:55 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
9 km apartShenzhen and Fanling are 9 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Shenzhen is in China; Fanling is in Hong Kong. Fanling keeps time the same time as Shenzhen.
Shenzhen has 17,231,198 more people — 66.5× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Shenzhen or Fanling?
- Shenzhen is the larger city by population, with 17,494,398 people to 263,200 in Fanling — a difference of 17,231,198. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Shenzhen and Fanling?
- 9 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Shenzhen is in China and Fanling is in Hong Kong. Fanling keeps time the same time as Shenzhen.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Shenzhen or Fanling?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Shenzhen is the larger of the two, with 17,494,398 people to 263,200 in Fanling. 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 Shenzhen and Fanling both currently sit at $0.
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