Head to head
Chisinau vs Bălţi
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Chisinau is the larger of the two, with 635,994 people to 125,000 in Bălţi. 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 Chisinau is the larger of the two, with 635,994 people to 125,000 in Bălţi. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Chisinau nor Bălţi has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Moldova| Metric | Chisinau | Bălţi |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 635,994 | 125,000 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | Moldova | Moldova |
| Region | Chișinău Municipality | Bălţi |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:53 AM · UTC+03:00 | 1:53 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
109 km apartChisinau and Bălţi are 109 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Moldova. Bălţi keeps time the same time as Chisinau.
Chisinau has 510,994 more people — 5.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Chisinau or Bălţi?
- Chisinau is the larger city by population, with 635,994 people to 125,000 in Bălţi — a difference of 510,994. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Chisinau and Bălţi?
- 109 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Moldova. Bălţi keeps time the same time as Chisinau.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Chisinau or Bălţi?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Chisinau is the larger of the two, with 635,994 people to 125,000 in Bălţi. 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 Chisinau and Bălţi both currently sit at $0.
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4Settle it
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