Head to head
Bursa vs Gaziantep
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Bursa is the larger of the two, with 3,101,833 people to 2,222,415 in Gaziantep. 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 Bursa is the larger of the two, with 3,101,833 people to 2,222,415 in Gaziantep. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Bursa nor Gaziantep has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Turkey| Metric | Bursa | Gaziantep |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 3,101,833 | 2,222,415 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Turkey | Turkey |
| Region | Bursa Province | Gaziantep |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 3:17 AM · UTC+03:00 | 3:17 AM · UTC+03:00 |
| 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
802 km apartBursa and Gaziantep are 802 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Turkey. Gaziantep keeps time the same time as Bursa.
Bursa has 879,418 more people — 1.4× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Bursa or Gaziantep?
- Bursa is the larger city by population, with 3,101,833 people to 2,222,415 in Gaziantep — a difference of 879,418. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Bursa and Gaziantep?
- 802 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Turkey. Gaziantep keeps time the same time as Bursa.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Bursa or Gaziantep?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Bursa is the larger of the two, with 3,101,833 people to 2,222,415 in Gaziantep. 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 Bursa and Gaziantep both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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