Head to head
Gaziantep vs Kilis
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Gaziantep is the larger of the two, with 2,222,415 people to 111,648 in Kilis. 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 Gaziantep is the larger of the two, with 2,222,415 people to 111,648 in Kilis. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Gaziantep nor Kilis has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Turkey| Metric | Gaziantep | Kilis |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 2,222,415 | 111,648 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 5th largest | 103rd largest |
| Country | Turkey | Turkey |
| Region | Gaziantep | Kilis |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 3:20 AM · UTC+03:00 | 3:20 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
45 km apartGaziantep and Kilis are 45 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Turkey. Kilis keeps time the same time as Gaziantep.
Gaziantep has 2,110,767 more people — 19.9× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Gaziantep or Kilis?
- Gaziantep is the larger city by population, with 2,222,415 people to 111,648 in Kilis — a difference of 2,110,767. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Gaziantep and Kilis?
- 45 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Turkey. Kilis keeps time the same time as Gaziantep.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Gaziantep or Kilis?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Gaziantep is the larger of the two, with 2,222,415 people to 111,648 in Kilis. 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 Gaziantep and Kilis both currently sit at $0.
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