Head to head
Sunch’ŏn vs Hŭngnam
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Sunch’ŏn is the larger of the two, with 437,000 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
SummaryNeither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Sunch’ŏn is the larger of the two, with 437,000 people to 346,082 in Hŭngnam. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Sunch’ŏn nor Hŭngnam has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
North Korea| Metric | Sunch’ŏn | Hŭngnam |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 437,000 | 346,082 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 4th largest | 5th largest |
| Country | North Korea | North Korea |
| Region | South Pyongan | South Hamgyong |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 10:45 AM · UTC+09:00 | 10:45 AM · UTC+09:00 |
| 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
152 km apartSunch’ŏn and Hŭngnam are 152 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in North Korea. Hŭngnam keeps time the same time as Sunch’ŏn.
Sunch’ŏn has 90,918 more people — 1.3× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Sunch’ŏn or Hŭngnam?
- Sunch’ŏn is the larger city by population, with 437,000 people to 346,082 in Hŭngnam — a difference of 90,918. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Sunch’ŏn and Hŭngnam?
- 152 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in North Korea. Hŭngnam keeps time the same time as Sunch’ŏn.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Sunch’ŏn or Hŭngnam?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Sunch’ŏn is the larger of the two, with 437,000 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 Sunch’ŏn and Hŭngnam both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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