Head to head
Durrës vs Elbasan
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Durrës is the larger of the two, with 195,920 people to 100,903 in Elbasan. 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 Durrës is the larger of the two, with 195,920 people to 100,903 in Elbasan. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Durrës nor Elbasan has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Albania| Metric | Durrës | Elbasan |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 195,920 | 100,903 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Albania | Albania |
| Region | Durrës County | Elbasan County |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 12:51 AM · UTC+02:00 | 12:51 AM · UTC+02:00 |
| 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
58 km apartDurrës and Elbasan are 58 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Albania. Elbasan keeps time the same time as Durrës.
Durrës has 95,017 more people — 1.9× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Durrës or Elbasan?
- Durrës is the larger city by population, with 195,920 people to 100,903 in Elbasan — a difference of 95,017. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Durrës and Elbasan?
- 58 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Albania. Elbasan keeps time the same time as Durrës.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Durrës or Elbasan?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Durrës is the larger of the two, with 195,920 people to 100,903 in Elbasan. 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 Durrës and Elbasan both currently sit at $0.
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4Settle it
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