Head to head
Alexandria vs Harbin
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Alexandria is the larger of the two, with 5,263,542 people to 5,242,897 in Harbin. 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 Alexandria is the larger of the two, with 5,263,542 people to 5,242,897 in Harbin. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Alexandria nor Harbin has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Two countries| Metric | Alexandria | Harbin |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 5,263,542 | 5,242,897 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 23rd largest |
| Country | Egypt | China |
| Region | Alexandria | Heilongjiang |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 10:48 PM · UTC+03:00 | 3:48 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
8,059 km apartAlexandria and Harbin are 8,059 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Alexandria is in Egypt; Harbin is in China. Harbin keeps time 5 hours ahead of Alexandria.
Alexandria has 20,645 more people — 1.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Alexandria or Harbin?
- Alexandria is the larger city by population, with 5,263,542 people to 5,242,897 in Harbin — a difference of 20,645. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Alexandria and Harbin?
- 8,059 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Alexandria is in Egypt and Harbin is in China. Harbin keeps time 5 hours ahead of Alexandria.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Alexandria or Harbin?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Alexandria is the larger of the two, with 5,263,542 people to 5,242,897 in Harbin. 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 Alexandria and Harbin both currently sit at $0.
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