Head to head
Ankara vs İzmir
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 2,938,292 in İzmir. 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 2,938,292 in İzmir. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Ankara nor İzmir has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Turkey| Metric | Ankara | İzmir |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 3,517,182 | 2,938,292 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Turkey | Turkey |
| Region | Ankara | İzmir Province |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:53 AM · UTC+03:00 | 1:53 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
520 km apartAnkara and İzmir are 520 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Turkey. İzmir keeps time the same time as Ankara.
Ankara has 578,890 more people — 1.2× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Ankara or İzmir?
- Ankara is the larger city by population, with 3,517,182 people to 2,938,292 in İzmir — a difference of 578,890. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Ankara and İzmir?
- 520 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Turkey. İzmir keeps time the same time as Ankara.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Ankara or İzmir?
- 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 2,938,292 in İzmir. 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 İzmir both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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