Head to head
Chinandega vs Matagalpa
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Chinandega is the larger of the two, with 126,387 people to 109,089 in Matagalpa. 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 Chinandega is the larger of the two, with 126,387 people to 109,089 in Matagalpa. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Chinandega nor Matagalpa has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Nicaragua| Metric | Chinandega | Matagalpa |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 126,387 | 109,089 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 4th largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Nicaragua | Nicaragua |
| Region | Chinandega Department | Matagalpa Department |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 6:21 PM · UTC-06:00 | 6:21 PM · UTC-06:00 |
| 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
136 km apartChinandega and Matagalpa are 136 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Nicaragua. Matagalpa keeps time the same time as Chinandega.
Chinandega has 17,298 more people — 1.2× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Chinandega or Matagalpa?
- Chinandega is the larger city by population, with 126,387 people to 109,089 in Matagalpa — a difference of 17,298. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Chinandega and Matagalpa?
- 136 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Nicaragua. Matagalpa keeps time the same time as Chinandega.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Chinandega or Matagalpa?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Chinandega is the larger of the two, with 126,387 people to 109,089 in Matagalpa. 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 Chinandega and Matagalpa both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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