Head to head
Bawshar vs Şalālah
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Bawshar is the larger of the two, with 383,257 people to 163,140 in Şalālah. 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 Bawshar is the larger of the two, with 383,257 people to 163,140 in Şalālah. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Bawshar nor Şalālah has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Oman| Metric | Bawshar | Şalālah |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 383,257 | 163,140 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Oman | Oman |
| Region | Muscat | Dhofar |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 2:56 AM · UTC+04:00 | 2:56 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
857 km apartBawshar and Şalālah are 857 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Oman. Şalālah keeps time the same time as Bawshar.
Bawshar has 220,117 more people — 2.3× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Bawshar or Şalālah?
- Bawshar is the larger city by population, with 383,257 people to 163,140 in Şalālah — a difference of 220,117. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Bawshar and Şalālah?
- 857 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Oman. Şalālah keeps time the same time as Bawshar.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Bawshar or Şalālah?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Bawshar is the larger of the two, with 383,257 people to 163,140 in Şalālah. 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 Bawshar and Şalālah both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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