Head to head
Tuen Mun vs Sha Tin
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Tuen Mun is the larger of the two, with 507,900 people to 495,200 in Sha Tin. 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 Tuen Mun is the larger of the two, with 507,900 people to 495,200 in Sha Tin. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Tuen Mun nor Sha Tin has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Hong Kong| Metric | Tuen Mun | Sha Tin |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 507,900 | 495,200 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Hong Kong | Hong Kong |
| Region | Tuen Mun | Sha Tin |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 8:20 AM · UTC+08:00 | 8:20 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
22 km apartTuen Mun and Sha Tin are 22 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Hong Kong. Sha Tin keeps time the same time as Tuen Mun.
Tuen Mun has 12,700 more people — 1.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Tuen Mun or Sha Tin?
- Tuen Mun is the larger city by population, with 507,900 people to 495,200 in Sha Tin — a difference of 12,700. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Tuen Mun and Sha Tin?
- 22 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Hong Kong. Sha Tin keeps time the same time as Tuen Mun.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Tuen Mun or Sha Tin?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Tuen Mun is the larger of the two, with 507,900 people to 495,200 in Sha Tin. 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 Tuen Mun and Sha Tin both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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