Head to head
Victoria vs Sha Tin
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Victoria is the larger of the two, with 956,800 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 Victoria is the larger of the two, with 956,800 people to 495,200 in Sha Tin. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Victoria nor Sha Tin has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Hong Kong| Metric | Victoria | Sha Tin |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 956,800 | 495,200 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Hong Kong | Hong Kong |
| Region | Central and Western | Sha Tin |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 6:56 AM · UTC+08:00 | 6:56 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
11 km apartVictoria and Sha Tin are 11 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Hong Kong. Sha Tin keeps time the same time as Victoria.
Victoria has 461,600 more people — 1.9× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Victoria or Sha Tin?
- Victoria is the larger city by population, with 956,800 people to 495,200 in Sha Tin — a difference of 461,600. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Victoria and Sha Tin?
- 11 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Hong Kong. Sha Tin keeps time the same time as Victoria.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Victoria or Sha Tin?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Victoria is the larger of the two, with 956,800 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 Victoria and Sha Tin both currently sit at $0.
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