Head to head
Djibouti vs Balbala
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Djibouti is the larger of the two, with 626,512 people to 554,350 in Balbala. 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 Djibouti is the larger of the two, with 626,512 people to 554,350 in Balbala. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Djibouti nor Balbala has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Djibouti| Metric | Djibouti | Balbala |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 626,512 | 554,350 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | Djibouti | Djibouti |
| Region | Djibouti | Djibouti |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:57 AM · UTC+03:00 | 1:57 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
5 km apartDjibouti and Balbala are 5 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Djibouti. Balbala keeps time the same time as Djibouti.
Djibouti has 72,162 more people — 1.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Djibouti or Balbala?
- Djibouti is the larger city by population, with 626,512 people to 554,350 in Balbala — a difference of 72,162. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Djibouti and Balbala?
- 5 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Djibouti. Balbala keeps time the same time as Djibouti.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Djibouti or Balbala?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Djibouti is the larger of the two, with 626,512 people to 554,350 in Balbala. 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 Djibouti and Balbala 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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