Head to head
Isfara vs Istaravshan
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Isfara is the larger of the two, with 274,000 people to 273,500 in Istaravshan. 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 Isfara is the larger of the two, with 274,000 people to 273,500 in Istaravshan. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Isfara nor Istaravshan has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Tajikistan| Metric | Isfara | Istaravshan |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 274,000 | 273,500 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | Tajikistan | Tajikistan |
| Region | Sughd | Sughd |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 5:18 AM · UTC+05:00 | 5:18 AM · UTC+05:00 |
| 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
140 km apartIsfara and Istaravshan are 140 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Tajikistan. Istaravshan keeps time the same time as Isfara.
Isfara has 500 more people — 1.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Isfara or Istaravshan?
- Isfara is the larger city by population, with 274,000 people to 273,500 in Istaravshan — a difference of 500. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Isfara and Istaravshan?
- 140 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Tajikistan. Istaravshan keeps time the same time as Isfara.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Isfara or Istaravshan?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Isfara is the larger of the two, with 274,000 people to 273,500 in Istaravshan. 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 Isfara and Istaravshan both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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