Head to head
Ashgabat vs Türkmenabat
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Ashgabat is the larger of the two, with 1,030,063 people to 230,861 in Türkmenabat. 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 Ashgabat is the larger of the two, with 1,030,063 people to 230,861 in Türkmenabat. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Ashgabat nor Türkmenabat has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Turkmenistan| Metric | Ashgabat | Türkmenabat |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,030,063 | 230,861 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | Turkmenistan | Turkmenistan |
| Region | Ashgabat | Lebap |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 5:21 AM · UTC+05:00 | 5:21 AM · 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
469 km apartAshgabat and Türkmenabat are 469 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Turkmenistan. Türkmenabat keeps time the same time as Ashgabat.
Ashgabat has 799,202 more people — 4.5× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Ashgabat or Türkmenabat?
- Ashgabat is the larger city by population, with 1,030,063 people to 230,861 in Türkmenabat — a difference of 799,202. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Ashgabat and Türkmenabat?
- 469 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Turkmenistan. Türkmenabat keeps time the same time as Ashgabat.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Ashgabat or Türkmenabat?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Ashgabat is the larger of the two, with 1,030,063 people to 230,861 in Türkmenabat. 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 Ashgabat and Türkmenabat both currently sit at $0.
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