Head to head
Damascus vs Ar Raqqah
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Damascus is the larger of the two, with 1,569,394 people to 531,952 in Ar Raqqah. 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 Damascus is the larger of the two, with 1,569,394 people to 531,952 in Ar Raqqah. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Damascus nor Ar Raqqah has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Syria| Metric | Damascus | Ar Raqqah |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,569,394 | 531,952 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Syria | Syria |
| Region | Damascus Governorate | Raqqa |
| 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
368 km apartDamascus and Ar Raqqah are 368 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Syria. Ar Raqqah keeps time the same time as Damascus.
Damascus has 1,037,442 more people — 3.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Damascus or Ar Raqqah?
- Damascus is the larger city by population, with 1,569,394 people to 531,952 in Ar Raqqah — a difference of 1,037,442. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Damascus and Ar Raqqah?
- 368 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Syria. Ar Raqqah keeps time the same time as Damascus.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Damascus or Ar Raqqah?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Damascus is the larger of the two, with 1,569,394 people to 531,952 in Ar Raqqah. 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 Damascus and Ar Raqqah both currently sit at $0.
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