Head to head
Zhengzhou vs Bamako
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Zhengzhou is the larger of the two, with 4,253,913 people to 4,227,569 in Bamako. 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 Zhengzhou is the larger of the two, with 4,253,913 people to 4,227,569 in Bamako. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Zhengzhou nor Bamako has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Two countries| Metric | Zhengzhou | Bamako |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 4,253,913 | 4,227,569 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 34th largest | 1st largest |
| Country | China | Mali |
| Region | Henan | Bamako |
| National capital | No | Yes |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 3:48 AM · UTC+08:00 | 7:48 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
11,922 km apartZhengzhou and Bamako are 11,922 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Zhengzhou is in China; Bamako is in Mali. Bamako keeps time 8 hours behind Zhengzhou.
Zhengzhou has 26,344 more people — 1.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Zhengzhou or Bamako?
- Zhengzhou is the larger city by population, with 4,253,913 people to 4,227,569 in Bamako — a difference of 26,344. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Zhengzhou and Bamako?
- 11,922 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Zhengzhou is in China and Bamako is in Mali. Bamako keeps time 8 hours behind Zhengzhou.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Zhengzhou or Bamako?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Zhengzhou is the larger of the two, with 4,253,913 people to 4,227,569 in Bamako. 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 Zhengzhou and Bamako both currently sit at $0.
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