Head to head
Vientiane vs Savannakhet
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Vientiane is the larger of the two, with 840,940 people to 125,760 in Savannakhet. 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 Vientiane is the larger of the two, with 840,940 people to 125,760 in Savannakhet. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Vientiane nor Savannakhet has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Laos| Metric | Vientiane | Savannakhet |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 840,940 | 125,760 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | Laos | Laos |
| Region | Vientiane Prefecture | Savannakhet Province |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 7:18 AM · UTC+07:00 | 7:18 AM · UTC+07:00 |
| 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
277 km apartVientiane and Savannakhet are 277 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Laos. Savannakhet keeps time the same time as Vientiane.
Vientiane has 715,180 more people — 6.7× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Vientiane or Savannakhet?
- Vientiane is the larger city by population, with 840,940 people to 125,760 in Savannakhet — a difference of 715,180. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Vientiane and Savannakhet?
- 277 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Laos. Savannakhet keeps time the same time as Vientiane.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Vientiane or Savannakhet?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Vientiane is the larger of the two, with 840,940 people to 125,760 in Savannakhet. 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 Vientiane and Savannakhet both currently sit at $0.
Settle it
Neither city is on the board. The first $1 behind either one decides which of them goes first.
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