Head to head
Cobán vs Quetzaltenango
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Cobán is the larger of the two, with 212,047 people to 180,706 in Quetzaltenango. 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 Cobán is the larger of the two, with 212,047 people to 180,706 in Quetzaltenango. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Cobán nor Quetzaltenango has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Guatemala| Metric | Cobán | Quetzaltenango |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 212,047 | 180,706 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 4th largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Guatemala | Guatemala |
| Region | Alta Verapaz | Quetzaltenango |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 6:20 PM · UTC-06:00 | 6:20 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
142 km apartCobán and Quetzaltenango are 142 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Guatemala. Quetzaltenango keeps time the same time as Cobán.
Cobán has 31,341 more people — 1.2× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Cobán or Quetzaltenango?
- Cobán is the larger city by population, with 212,047 people to 180,706 in Quetzaltenango — a difference of 31,341. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Cobán and Quetzaltenango?
- 142 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Guatemala. Quetzaltenango keeps time the same time as Cobán.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Cobán or Quetzaltenango?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Cobán is the larger of the two, with 212,047 people to 180,706 in Quetzaltenango. 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 Cobán and Quetzaltenango both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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