Head to head
Arequipa vs Trujillo
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 1,067,700 in Trujillo. 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 1,067,700 in Trujillo. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Arequipa nor Trujillo has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Peru| Metric | Arequipa | Trujillo |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,195,700 | 1,067,700 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Peru | Peru |
| Region | Arequipa | La Libertad |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 7:18 PM · UTC-05:00 | 7:18 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
1,229 km apartArequipa and Trujillo are 1,229 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Peru. Trujillo keeps time the same time as Arequipa.
Arequipa has 128,000 more people — 1.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Arequipa or Trujillo?
- Arequipa is the larger city by population, with 1,195,700 people to 1,067,700 in Trujillo — a difference of 128,000. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Arequipa and Trujillo?
- 1,229 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Peru. Trujillo keeps time the same time as Arequipa.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Arequipa or Trujillo?
- 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 1,067,700 in Trujillo. 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 Trujillo both currently sit at $0.
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