Head to head
Bălţi vs Bender
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Bălţi is the larger of the two, with 125,000 people to 110,175 in Bender. 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 Bălţi is the larger of the two, with 125,000 people to 110,175 in Bender. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Bălţi nor Bender has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Moldova| Metric | Bălţi | Bender |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 125,000 | 110,175 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Moldova | Moldova |
| Region | Bălţi | Bender Municipality |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 3:13 AM · UTC+03:00 | 3:13 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
156 km apartBălţi and Bender are 156 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Moldova. Bender keeps time the same time as Bălţi.
Bălţi has 14,825 more people — 1.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Bălţi or Bender?
- Bălţi is the larger city by population, with 125,000 people to 110,175 in Bender — a difference of 14,825. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Bălţi and Bender?
- 156 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Moldova. Bender keeps time the same time as Bălţi.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Bălţi or Bender?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Bălţi is the larger of the two, with 125,000 people to 110,175 in Bender. 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 Bălţi and Bender both currently sit at $0.
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4Settle it
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