Head to head
Amman vs Zarqa
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Amman is the larger of the two, with 1,275,857 people to 792,665 in Zarqa. 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 Amman is the larger of the two, with 1,275,857 people to 792,665 in Zarqa. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Amman nor Zarqa has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Jordan| Metric | Amman | Zarqa |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,275,857 | 792,665 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | Jordan | Jordan |
| Region | Amman | Zarqa |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:50 AM · UTC+03:00 | 1:50 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
19 km apartAmman and Zarqa are 19 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Jordan. Zarqa keeps time the same time as Amman.
Amman has 483,192 more people — 1.6× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Amman or Zarqa?
- Amman is the larger city by population, with 1,275,857 people to 792,665 in Zarqa — a difference of 483,192. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Amman and Zarqa?
- 19 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Jordan. Zarqa keeps time the same time as Amman.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Amman or Zarqa?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Amman is the larger of the two, with 1,275,857 people to 792,665 in Zarqa. 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 Amman and Zarqa both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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