Head to head
Taichung vs Tainan
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Taichung is the larger of the two, with 2,850,285 people to 1,856,642 in Tainan. 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 Taichung is the larger of the two, with 2,850,285 people to 1,856,642 in Tainan. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Taichung nor Tainan has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Taiwan| Metric | Taichung | Tainan |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 2,850,285 | 1,856,642 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Taiwan | Taiwan |
| Region | Taiwan | Taiwan |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 6:54 AM · UTC+08:00 | 6:54 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
137 km apartTaichung and Tainan are 137 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Taiwan. Tainan keeps time the same time as Taichung.
Taichung has 993,643 more people — 1.5× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Taichung or Tainan?
- Taichung is the larger city by population, with 2,850,285 people to 1,856,642 in Tainan — a difference of 993,643. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Taichung and Tainan?
- 137 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Taiwan. Tainan keeps time the same time as Taichung.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Taichung or Tainan?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Taichung is the larger of the two, with 2,850,285 people to 1,856,642 in Tainan. 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 Taichung and Tainan both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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