Head to head
Caracas vs Maracaibo
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Caracas is the larger of the two, with 3,000,000 people to 1,752,602 in Maracaibo. 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 Caracas is the larger of the two, with 3,000,000 people to 1,752,602 in Maracaibo. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Caracas nor Maracaibo has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Venezuela| Metric | Caracas | Maracaibo |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 3,000,000 | 1,752,602 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | Venezuela | Venezuela |
| Region | Distrito Federal | Zulia |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 8:20 PM · UTC-04:00 | 8:20 PM · 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
518 km apartCaracas and Maracaibo are 518 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Venezuela. Maracaibo keeps time the same time as Caracas.
Caracas has 1,247,398 more people — 1.7× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Caracas or Maracaibo?
- Caracas is the larger city by population, with 3,000,000 people to 1,752,602 in Maracaibo — a difference of 1,247,398. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Caracas and Maracaibo?
- 518 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Venezuela. Maracaibo keeps time the same time as Caracas.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Caracas or Maracaibo?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Caracas is the larger of the two, with 3,000,000 people to 1,752,602 in Maracaibo. 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 Caracas and Maracaibo both currently sit at $0.
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