Head to head
Diyarbakır vs Batman
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Diyarbakır is the larger of the two, with 1,833,684 people to 452,157 in Batman. 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 Diyarbakır is the larger of the two, with 1,833,684 people to 452,157 in Batman. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Diyarbakır nor Batman has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Turkey| Metric | Diyarbakır | Batman |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,833,684 | 452,157 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 6th largest | 27th largest |
| Country | Turkey | Turkey |
| Region | Diyarbakır Province | Batman |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:56 AM · UTC+03:00 | 1:56 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
80 km apartDiyarbakır and Batman are 80 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Turkey. Batman keeps time the same time as Diyarbakır.
Diyarbakır has 1,381,527 more people — 4.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Diyarbakır or Batman?
- Diyarbakır is the larger city by population, with 1,833,684 people to 452,157 in Batman — a difference of 1,381,527. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Diyarbakır and Batman?
- 80 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Turkey. Batman keeps time the same time as Diyarbakır.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Diyarbakır or Batman?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Diyarbakır is the larger of the two, with 1,833,684 people to 452,157 in Batman. 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 Diyarbakır and Batman both currently sit at $0.
Settle it
Neither city is on the board. The first $1 behind either one decides which of them goes first.
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