Head to head
Bekasi vs Bandung
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Bekasi is the larger of the two, with 2,648,272 people to 2,528,163 in Bandung. 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 Bekasi is the larger of the two, with 2,648,272 people to 2,528,163 in Bandung. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Bekasi nor Bandung has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Indonesia| Metric | Bekasi | Bandung |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 2,648,272 | 2,528,163 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Indonesia | Indonesia |
| Region | West Java | West Java |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 7:22 AM · UTC+07:00 | 7:22 AM · UTC+07:00 |
| 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
102 km apartBekasi and Bandung are 102 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Indonesia. Bandung keeps time the same time as Bekasi.
Bekasi has 120,109 more people — 1.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Bekasi or Bandung?
- Bekasi is the larger city by population, with 2,648,272 people to 2,528,163 in Bandung — a difference of 120,109. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Bekasi and Bandung?
- 102 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Indonesia. Bandung keeps time the same time as Bekasi.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Bekasi or Bandung?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Bekasi is the larger of the two, with 2,648,272 people to 2,528,163 in Bandung. 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 Bekasi and Bandung both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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