Head to head
Haifa vs Petaẖ Tiqva
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Haifa is the larger of the two, with 285,316 people to 253,529 in Petaẖ Tiqva. 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 Haifa is the larger of the two, with 285,316 people to 253,529 in Petaẖ Tiqva. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Haifa nor Petaẖ Tiqva has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Israel| Metric | Haifa | Petaẖ Tiqva |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 285,316 | 253,529 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Israel | Israel |
| Region | Haifa | Central District |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:57 AM · UTC+03:00 | 1:57 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
81 km apartHaifa and Petaẖ Tiqva are 81 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Israel. Petaẖ Tiqva keeps time the same time as Haifa.
Haifa has 31,787 more people — 1.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Haifa or Petaẖ Tiqva?
- Haifa is the larger city by population, with 285,316 people to 253,529 in Petaẖ Tiqva — a difference of 31,787. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Haifa and Petaẖ Tiqva?
- 81 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Israel. Petaẖ Tiqva keeps time the same time as Haifa.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Haifa or Petaẖ Tiqva?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Haifa is the larger of the two, with 285,316 people to 253,529 in Petaẖ Tiqva. 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 Haifa and Petaẖ Tiqva both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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