Head to head
Sokodé vs Kara
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Sokodé is the larger of the two, with 117,811 people to 104,207 in Kara. 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 Sokodé is the larger of the two, with 117,811 people to 104,207 in Kara. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Sokodé nor Kara has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Togo| Metric | Sokodé | Kara |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 117,811 | 104,207 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | Togo | Togo |
| Region | Centrale | Kara |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:40 AM · UTC+00:00 | 1:40 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
63 km apartSokodé and Kara are 63 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Togo. Kara keeps time the same time as Sokodé.
Sokodé has 13,604 more people — 1.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Sokodé or Kara?
- Sokodé is the larger city by population, with 117,811 people to 104,207 in Kara — a difference of 13,604. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Sokodé and Kara?
- 63 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Togo. Kara keeps time the same time as Sokodé.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Sokodé or Kara?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Sokodé is the larger of the two, with 117,811 people to 104,207 in Kara. 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 Sokodé and Kara both currently sit at $0.
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2Settle it
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