Head to head
Cuenca vs Ambato
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Cuenca is the larger of the two, with 636,996 people to 387,309 in Ambato. 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 Cuenca is the larger of the two, with 636,996 people to 387,309 in Ambato. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Cuenca nor Ambato has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Ecuador| Metric | Cuenca | Ambato |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 636,996 | 387,309 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Ecuador | Ecuador |
| Region | Azuay | Tungurahua Province |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 5:50 PM · UTC-05:00 | 5:50 PM · UTC-05:00 |
| 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
188 km apartCuenca and Ambato are 188 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Ecuador. Ambato keeps time the same time as Cuenca.
Cuenca has 249,687 more people — 1.6× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Cuenca or Ambato?
- Cuenca is the larger city by population, with 636,996 people to 387,309 in Ambato — a difference of 249,687. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Cuenca and Ambato?
- 188 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Ecuador. Ambato keeps time the same time as Cuenca.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Cuenca or Ambato?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Cuenca is the larger of the two, with 636,996 people to 387,309 in Ambato. 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 Cuenca and Ambato both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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