Head to head
Barranquilla vs Cartagena
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Barranquilla is the larger of the two, with 1,206,319 people to 914,552 in Cartagena. 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 Barranquilla is the larger of the two, with 1,206,319 people to 914,552 in Cartagena. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Barranquilla nor Cartagena has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Colombia| Metric | Barranquilla | Cartagena |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,206,319 | 914,552 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 4th largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Colombia | Colombia |
| Region | Atlántico | Bolívar |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 5:57 PM · UTC-05:00 | 5:57 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
100 km apartBarranquilla and Cartagena are 100 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Colombia. Cartagena keeps time the same time as Barranquilla.
Barranquilla has 291,767 more people — 1.3× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Barranquilla or Cartagena?
- Barranquilla is the larger city by population, with 1,206,319 people to 914,552 in Cartagena — a difference of 291,767. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Barranquilla and Cartagena?
- 100 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Colombia. Cartagena keeps time the same time as Barranquilla.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Barranquilla or Cartagena?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Barranquilla is the larger of the two, with 1,206,319 people to 914,552 in Cartagena. 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 Barranquilla and Cartagena both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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