Head to head
Dubai vs Warīsān
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Dubai is the larger of the two, with 3,790,000 people to 108,759 in Warīsān. 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 Dubai is the larger of the two, with 3,790,000 people to 108,759 in Warīsān. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Dubai nor Warīsān has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
the United Arab Emirates| Metric | Dubai | Warīsān |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 3,790,000 | 108,759 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 10th largest |
| Country | United Arab Emirates | United Arab Emirates |
| Region | Dubai | Dubai |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 4:16 AM · UTC+04:00 | 4:16 AM · UTC+04:00 |
| 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
14 km apartDubai and Warīsān are 14 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in the United Arab Emirates. Warīsān keeps time the same time as Dubai.
Dubai has 3,681,241 more people — 34.8× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Dubai or Warīsān?
- Dubai is the larger city by population, with 3,790,000 people to 108,759 in Warīsān — a difference of 3,681,241. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Dubai and Warīsān?
- 14 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in the United Arab Emirates. Warīsān keeps time the same time as Dubai.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Dubai or Warīsān?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Dubai is the larger of the two, with 3,790,000 people to 108,759 in Warīsān. 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 Dubai and Warīsān both currently sit at $0.
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