Head to head
Irbid vs Russeifa
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Irbid is the larger of the two, with 569,068 people to 268,237 in Russeifa. 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 Irbid is the larger of the two, with 569,068 people to 268,237 in Russeifa. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Irbid nor Russeifa has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Jordan| Metric | Irbid | Russeifa |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 569,068 | 268,237 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Jordan | Jordan |
| Region | Irbid | Zarqa |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 4:42 AM · UTC+03:00 | 4:42 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
63 km apartIrbid and Russeifa are 63 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Jordan. Russeifa keeps time the same time as Irbid.
Irbid has 300,831 more people — 2.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Irbid or Russeifa?
- Irbid is the larger city by population, with 569,068 people to 268,237 in Russeifa — a difference of 300,831. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Irbid and Russeifa?
- 63 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Jordan. Russeifa keeps time the same time as Irbid.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Irbid or Russeifa?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Irbid is the larger of the two, with 569,068 people to 268,237 in Russeifa. 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 Irbid and Russeifa both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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