Head to head
Barquisimeto vs Ciudad Guayana
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Barquisimeto is the larger of the two, with 1,240,714 people to 978,202 in Ciudad Guayana. 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 Barquisimeto is the larger of the two, with 1,240,714 people to 978,202 in Ciudad Guayana. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Barquisimeto nor Ciudad Guayana has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Venezuela| Metric | Barquisimeto | Ciudad Guayana |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,240,714 | 978,202 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 4th largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Venezuela | Venezuela |
| Region | Lara | Bolívar |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 6:58 PM · UTC-04:00 | 6:58 PM · 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
761 km apartBarquisimeto and Ciudad Guayana are 761 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Venezuela. Ciudad Guayana keeps time the same time as Barquisimeto.
Barquisimeto has 262,512 more people — 1.3× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Barquisimeto or Ciudad Guayana?
- Barquisimeto is the larger city by population, with 1,240,714 people to 978,202 in Ciudad Guayana — a difference of 262,512. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Barquisimeto and Ciudad Guayana?
- 761 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Venezuela. Ciudad Guayana keeps time the same time as Barquisimeto.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Barquisimeto or Ciudad Guayana?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Barquisimeto is the larger of the two, with 1,240,714 people to 978,202 in Ciudad Guayana. 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 Barquisimeto and Ciudad Guayana both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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