Head to head
Caloocan vs Taguig
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Caloocan is the larger of the two, with 1,712,945 people to 1,308,085 in Taguig. 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 Caloocan is the larger of the two, with 1,712,945 people to 1,308,085 in Taguig. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Caloocan nor Taguig has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
the Philippines| Metric | Caloocan | Taguig |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,712,945 | 1,308,085 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Philippines | Philippines |
| Region | National Capital Region | National Capital Region |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 9:46 AM · UTC+08:00 | 9:46 AM · UTC+08:00 |
| 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
18 km apartCaloocan and Taguig are 18 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in the Philippines. Taguig keeps time the same time as Caloocan.
Caloocan has 404,860 more people — 1.3× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Caloocan or Taguig?
- Caloocan is the larger city by population, with 1,712,945 people to 1,308,085 in Taguig — a difference of 404,860. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Caloocan and Taguig?
- 18 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in the Philippines. Taguig keeps time the same time as Caloocan.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Caloocan or Taguig?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Caloocan is the larger of the two, with 1,712,945 people to 1,308,085 in Taguig. 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 Caloocan and Taguig both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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