Head to head
Baku vs Khirdalan
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Baku is the larger of the two, with 2,351,300 people to 196,200 in Khirdalan. 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 Baku is the larger of the two, with 2,351,300 people to 196,200 in Khirdalan. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Baku nor Khirdalan has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Azerbaijan| Metric | Baku | Khirdalan |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 2,351,300 | 196,200 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Azerbaijan | Azerbaijan |
| Region | Baki | Abşeron |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 2:58 AM · UTC+04:00 | 2:58 AM · UTC+04:00 |
| 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
14 km apartBaku and Khirdalan are 14 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Azerbaijan. Khirdalan keeps time the same time as Baku.
Baku has 2,155,100 more people — 12.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Baku or Khirdalan?
- Baku is the larger city by population, with 2,351,300 people to 196,200 in Khirdalan — a difference of 2,155,100. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Baku and Khirdalan?
- 14 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Azerbaijan. Khirdalan keeps time the same time as Baku.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Baku or Khirdalan?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Baku is the larger of the two, with 2,351,300 people to 196,200 in Khirdalan. 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 Baku and Khirdalan both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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