Head to head
Adana vs Tarsus
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Adana is the larger of the two, with 1,816,750 people to 350,732 in Tarsus. 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 Adana is the larger of the two, with 1,816,750 people to 350,732 in Tarsus. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Adana nor Tarsus has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Turkey| Metric | Adana | Tarsus |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,816,750 | 350,732 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 7th largest | 42nd largest |
| Country | Turkey | Turkey |
| Region | Adana | Mersin |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 4:48 AM · UTC+03:00 | 4:48 AM · UTC+03:00 |
| 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
39 km apartAdana and Tarsus are 39 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Turkey. Tarsus keeps time the same time as Adana.
Adana has 1,466,018 more people — 5.2× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Adana or Tarsus?
- Adana is the larger city by population, with 1,816,750 people to 350,732 in Tarsus — a difference of 1,466,018. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Adana and Tarsus?
- 39 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Turkey. Tarsus keeps time the same time as Adana.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Adana or Tarsus?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Adana is the larger of the two, with 1,816,750 people to 350,732 in Tarsus. 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 Adana and Tarsus 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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