Head to head
Gaza vs Hebron
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Gaza is the larger of the two, with 410,000 people to 160,470 in Hebron. 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 Gaza is the larger of the two, with 410,000 people to 160,470 in Hebron. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Gaza nor Hebron has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Palestinian Territory| Metric | Gaza | Hebron |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 410,000 | 160,470 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Palestinian Territory | Palestinian Territory |
| Region | Gaza Strip | West Bank |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 3:18 AM · UTC+03:00 | 3:18 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
60 km apartGaza and Hebron are 60 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Palestinian Territory. Hebron keeps time the same time as Gaza.
Gaza has 249,530 more people — 2.6× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Gaza or Hebron?
- Gaza is the larger city by population, with 410,000 people to 160,470 in Hebron — a difference of 249,530. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Gaza and Hebron?
- 60 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Palestinian Territory. Hebron keeps time the same time as Gaza.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Gaza or Hebron?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Gaza is the larger of the two, with 410,000 people to 160,470 in Hebron. 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 Gaza and Hebron both currently sit at $0.
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