Head to head
Bata vs Malabo
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Bata is the larger of the two, with 173,046 people to 155,963 in Malabo. 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 Bata is the larger of the two, with 173,046 people to 155,963 in Malabo. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Bata nor Malabo has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Equatorial Guinea| Metric | Bata | Malabo |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 173,046 | 155,963 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | Equatorial Guinea | Equatorial Guinea |
| Region | Litoral | Bioko Norte |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 11:50 PM · UTC+01:00 | 11:50 PM · UTC+01:00 |
| 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
237 km apartBata and Malabo are 237 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Equatorial Guinea. Malabo keeps time the same time as Bata.
Bata has 17,083 more people — 1.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Bata or Malabo?
- Bata is the larger city by population, with 173,046 people to 155,963 in Malabo — a difference of 17,083. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Bata and Malabo?
- 237 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Equatorial Guinea. Malabo keeps time the same time as Bata.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Bata or Malabo?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Bata is the larger of the two, with 173,046 people to 155,963 in Malabo. 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 Bata and Malabo both currently sit at $0.
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2Settle it
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