Head to head
Algiers vs Oran
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Algiers is the larger of the two, with 2,364,230 people to 803,329 in Oran. 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 Algiers is the larger of the two, with 2,364,230 people to 803,329 in Oran. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Algiers nor Oran has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Algeria| Metric | Algiers | Oran |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 2,364,230 | 803,329 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | Algeria | Algeria |
| Region | Algiers | Oran |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 11:51 PM · UTC+01:00 | 11:51 PM · UTC+01:00 |
| 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
353 km apartAlgiers and Oran are 353 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Algeria. Oran keeps time the same time as Algiers.
Algiers has 1,560,901 more people — 2.9× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Algiers or Oran?
- Algiers is the larger city by population, with 2,364,230 people to 803,329 in Oran — a difference of 1,560,901. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Algiers and Oran?
- 353 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Algeria. Oran keeps time the same time as Algiers.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Algiers or Oran?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Algiers is the larger of the two, with 2,364,230 people to 803,329 in Oran. 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 Algiers and Oran both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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