Head to head
Tamale vs Sekondi
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Tamale is the larger of the two, with 464,316 people to 285,506 in Sekondi. 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 Tamale is the larger of the two, with 464,316 people to 285,506 in Sekondi. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Tamale nor Sekondi has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Ghana| Metric | Tamale | Sekondi |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 464,316 | 285,506 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Ghana | Ghana |
| Region | Northern | Western |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 10:55 PM · UTC+00:00 | 10:55 PM · 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
506 km apartTamale and Sekondi are 506 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Ghana. Sekondi keeps time the same time as Tamale.
Tamale has 178,810 more people — 1.6× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Tamale or Sekondi?
- Tamale is the larger city by population, with 464,316 people to 285,506 in Sekondi — a difference of 178,810. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Tamale and Sekondi?
- 506 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Ghana. Sekondi keeps time the same time as Tamale.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Tamale or Sekondi?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Tamale is the larger of the two, with 464,316 people to 285,506 in Sekondi. 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 Tamale and Sekondi both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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