Head to head
Ankara vs Bursa
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Ankara is the larger of the two, with 3,517,182 people to 3,101,833 in Bursa. 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 Ankara is the larger of the two, with 3,517,182 people to 3,101,833 in Bursa. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Ankara nor Bursa has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Turkey| Metric | Ankara | Bursa |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 3,517,182 | 3,101,833 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | Turkey | Turkey |
| Region | Ankara | Bursa Province |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 3:14 AM · UTC+03:00 | 3:14 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
324 km apartAnkara and Bursa are 324 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Turkey. Bursa keeps time the same time as Ankara.
Ankara has 415,349 more people — 1.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Ankara or Bursa?
- Ankara is the larger city by population, with 3,517,182 people to 3,101,833 in Bursa — a difference of 415,349. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Ankara and Bursa?
- 324 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Turkey. Bursa keeps time the same time as Ankara.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Ankara or Bursa?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Ankara is the larger of the two, with 3,517,182 people to 3,101,833 in Bursa. 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 Ankara and Bursa both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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