Head to head
Arequipa vs Piura
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Arequipa is the larger of the two, with 1,195,700 people to 630,000 in Piura. 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 Arequipa is the larger of the two, with 1,195,700 people to 630,000 in Piura. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Arequipa nor Piura has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Peru| Metric | Arequipa | Piura |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,195,700 | 630,000 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Peru | Peru |
| Region | Arequipa | Piura |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 7:20 PM · UTC-05:00 | 7:20 PM · 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
1,595 km apartArequipa and Piura are 1,595 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Peru. Piura keeps time the same time as Arequipa.
Arequipa has 565,700 more people — 1.9× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Arequipa or Piura?
- Arequipa is the larger city by population, with 1,195,700 people to 630,000 in Piura — a difference of 565,700. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Arequipa and Piura?
- 1,595 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Peru. Piura keeps time the same time as Arequipa.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Arequipa or Piura?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Arequipa is the larger of the two, with 1,195,700 people to 630,000 in Piura. 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 Arequipa and Piura both currently sit at $0.
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