Head to head
Wenzhou vs Rui’an
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Wenzhou is the larger of the two, with 2,650,000 people to 1,125,000 in Rui’an. 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 Wenzhou is the larger of the two, with 2,650,000 people to 1,125,000 in Rui’an. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Wenzhou nor Rui’an has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
China| Metric | Wenzhou | Rui’an |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 2,650,000 | 1,125,000 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 64th largest | 170th largest |
| Country | China | China |
| Region | Zhejiang | Zhejiang |
| 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
25 km apartWenzhou and Rui’an are 25 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in China. Rui’an keeps time the same time as Wenzhou.
Wenzhou has 1,525,000 more people — 2.4× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Wenzhou or Rui’an?
- Wenzhou is the larger city by population, with 2,650,000 people to 1,125,000 in Rui’an — a difference of 1,525,000. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Wenzhou and Rui’an?
- 25 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in China. Rui’an keeps time the same time as Wenzhou.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Wenzhou or Rui’an?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Wenzhou is the larger of the two, with 2,650,000 people to 1,125,000 in Rui’an. 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 Wenzhou and Rui’an 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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