Head to head
Isfahan vs Tabriz
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Isfahan is the larger of the two, with 1,547,164 people to 1,424,641 in Tabriz. 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 Isfahan is the larger of the two, with 1,547,164 people to 1,424,641 in Tabriz. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Isfahan nor Tabriz has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Iran| Metric | Isfahan | Tabriz |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,547,164 | 1,424,641 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Iran | Iran |
| Region | Isfahan | East Azerbaijan |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 2:22 AM · UTC+03:30 | 2:22 AM · UTC+03:30 |
| 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
776 km apartIsfahan and Tabriz are 776 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Iran. Tabriz keeps time the same time as Isfahan.
Isfahan has 122,523 more people — 1.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Isfahan or Tabriz?
- Isfahan is the larger city by population, with 1,547,164 people to 1,424,641 in Tabriz — a difference of 122,523. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Isfahan and Tabriz?
- 776 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Iran. Tabriz keeps time the same time as Isfahan.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Isfahan or Tabriz?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Isfahan is the larger of the two, with 1,547,164 people to 1,424,641 in Tabriz. 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 Isfahan and Tabriz both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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