Head to head
Erbil vs Karbala
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Erbil is the larger of the two, with 1,612,700 people to 1,218,732 in Karbala. 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 Erbil is the larger of the two, with 1,612,700 people to 1,218,732 in Karbala. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Erbil nor Karbala has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Iraq| Metric | Erbil | Karbala |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,612,700 | 1,218,732 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Iraq | Iraq |
| Region | Erbil | Karbala |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 3:14 AM · UTC+03:00 | 3:14 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
398 km apartErbil and Karbala are 398 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Iraq. Karbala keeps time the same time as Erbil.
Erbil has 393,968 more people — 1.3× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Erbil or Karbala?
- Erbil is the larger city by population, with 1,612,700 people to 1,218,732 in Karbala — a difference of 393,968. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Erbil and Karbala?
- 398 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Iraq. Karbala keeps time the same time as Erbil.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Erbil or Karbala?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Erbil is the larger of the two, with 1,612,700 people to 1,218,732 in Karbala. 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 Erbil and Karbala both currently sit at $0.
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