Head to head
Braga vs Coimbra
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Braga is the larger of the two, with 193,324 people to 140,796 in Coimbra. 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 Braga is the larger of the two, with 193,324 people to 140,796 in Coimbra. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Braga nor Coimbra has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Portugal| Metric | Braga | Coimbra |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 193,324 | 140,796 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Portugal | Portugal |
| Region | Braga | Coimbra |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:16 AM · UTC+01:00 | 1:16 AM · 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
150 km apartBraga and Coimbra are 150 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Portugal. Coimbra keeps time the same time as Braga.
Braga has 52,528 more people — 1.4× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Braga or Coimbra?
- Braga is the larger city by population, with 193,324 people to 140,796 in Coimbra — a difference of 52,528. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Braga and Coimbra?
- 150 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Portugal. Coimbra keeps time the same time as Braga.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Braga or Coimbra?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Braga is the larger of the two, with 193,324 people to 140,796 in Coimbra. 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 Braga and Coimbra both currently sit at $0.
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