Head to head
Aleppo vs Damascus
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Aleppo is the larger of the two, with 2,098,210 people to 1,569,394 in Damascus. 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 Aleppo is the larger of the two, with 2,098,210 people to 1,569,394 in Damascus. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Aleppo nor Damascus has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Syria| Metric | Aleppo | Damascus |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 2,098,210 | 1,569,394 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | Syria | Syria |
| Region | Aleppo | Damascus Governorate |
| National capital | No | Yes |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:51 AM · UTC+03:00 | 1:51 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
310 km apartAleppo and Damascus are 310 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Syria. Damascus keeps time the same time as Aleppo.
Aleppo has 528,816 more people — 1.3× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Aleppo or Damascus?
- Aleppo is the larger city by population, with 2,098,210 people to 1,569,394 in Damascus — a difference of 528,816. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Aleppo and Damascus?
- 310 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Syria. Damascus keeps time the same time as Aleppo.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Aleppo or Damascus?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Aleppo is the larger of the two, with 2,098,210 people to 1,569,394 in Damascus. 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 Aleppo and Damascus both currently sit at $0.
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