Head to head
Fortaleza vs Caucaia
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Fortaleza is the larger of the two, with 2,400,000 people to 378,406 in Caucaia. 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 Fortaleza is the larger of the two, with 2,400,000 people to 378,406 in Caucaia. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Fortaleza nor Caucaia has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Brazil| Metric | Fortaleza | Caucaia |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 2,400,000 | 378,406 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 5th largest | 68th largest |
| Country | Brazil | Brazil |
| Region | Ceará | Ceará |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 7:55 PM · UTC-03:00 | 7:55 PM · 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
12 km apartFortaleza and Caucaia are 12 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Brazil. Caucaia keeps time the same time as Fortaleza.
Fortaleza has 2,021,594 more people — 6.3× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Fortaleza or Caucaia?
- Fortaleza is the larger city by population, with 2,400,000 people to 378,406 in Caucaia — a difference of 2,021,594. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Fortaleza and Caucaia?
- 12 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Brazil. Caucaia keeps time the same time as Fortaleza.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Fortaleza or Caucaia?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Fortaleza is the larger of the two, with 2,400,000 people to 378,406 in Caucaia. 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 Fortaleza and Caucaia both currently sit at $0.
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4Settle it
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