Head to head
Casablanca vs Marrakesh
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Casablanca is the larger of the two, with 3,665,954 people to 995,871 in Marrakesh. 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 Casablanca is the larger of the two, with 3,665,954 people to 995,871 in Marrakesh. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Casablanca nor Marrakesh has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Morocco| Metric | Casablanca | Marrakesh |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 3,665,954 | 995,871 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Morocco | Morocco |
| Region | Casablanca-Settat | Marrakesh-Safi |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:20 AM · UTC+01:00 | 1:20 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
220 km apartCasablanca and Marrakesh are 220 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Morocco. Marrakesh keeps time the same time as Casablanca.
Casablanca has 2,670,083 more people — 3.7× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Casablanca or Marrakesh?
- Casablanca is the larger city by population, with 3,665,954 people to 995,871 in Marrakesh — a difference of 2,670,083. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Casablanca and Marrakesh?
- 220 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Morocco. Marrakesh keeps time the same time as Casablanca.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Casablanca or Marrakesh?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Casablanca is the larger of the two, with 3,665,954 people to 995,871 in Marrakesh. 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 Casablanca and Marrakesh both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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