Head to head
Almaty vs Shymkent
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Almaty is the larger of the two, with 1,977,011 people to 1,200,000 in Shymkent. 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 Almaty is the larger of the two, with 1,977,011 people to 1,200,000 in Shymkent. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Almaty nor Shymkent has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Kazakhstan| Metric | Almaty | Shymkent |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,977,011 | 1,200,000 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | Kazakhstan | Kazakhstan |
| Region | Almaty | Shymkent |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 3:54 AM · UTC+05:00 | 3:54 AM · UTC+05:00 |
| 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
606 km apartAlmaty and Shymkent are 606 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Kazakhstan. Shymkent keeps time the same time as Almaty.
Almaty has 777,011 more people — 1.6× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Almaty or Shymkent?
- Almaty is the larger city by population, with 1,977,011 people to 1,200,000 in Shymkent — a difference of 777,011. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Almaty and Shymkent?
- 606 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Kazakhstan. Shymkent keeps time the same time as Almaty.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Almaty or Shymkent?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Almaty is the larger of the two, with 1,977,011 people to 1,200,000 in Shymkent. 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 Almaty and Shymkent both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
Neither city is on the board. The first $1 behind either one decides which of them goes first.
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