Head to head
Havana vs Guantánamo
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Havana is the larger of the two, with 2,163,824 people to 272,801 in Guantánamo. 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 Havana is the larger of the two, with 2,163,824 people to 272,801 in Guantánamo. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Havana nor Guantánamo has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Cuba| Metric | Havana | Guantánamo |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 2,163,824 | 272,801 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Cuba | Cuba |
| Region | Havana | Guantánamo Province |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 6:56 PM · UTC-04:00 | 6:56 PM · UTC-04:00 |
| 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
812 km apartHavana and Guantánamo are 812 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Cuba. Guantánamo keeps time the same time as Havana.
Havana has 1,891,023 more people — 7.9× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Havana or Guantánamo?
- Havana is the larger city by population, with 2,163,824 people to 272,801 in Guantánamo — a difference of 1,891,023. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Havana and Guantánamo?
- 812 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Cuba. Guantánamo keeps time the same time as Havana.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Havana or Guantánamo?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Havana is the larger of the two, with 2,163,824 people to 272,801 in Guantánamo. 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 Havana and Guantánamo both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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