Head to head
İzmir vs Gaziantep
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population İzmir is the larger of the two, with 2,938,292 people to 2,222,415 in Gaziantep. 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 İzmir is the larger of the two, with 2,938,292 people to 2,222,415 in Gaziantep. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither İzmir nor Gaziantep has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Turkey| Metric | İzmir | Gaziantep |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 2,938,292 | 2,222,415 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 4th largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Turkey | Turkey |
| Region | İzmir Province | Gaziantep |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:56 AM · UTC+03:00 | 1:56 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
913 km apartİzmir and Gaziantep are 913 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Turkey. Gaziantep keeps time the same time as İzmir.
İzmir has 715,877 more people — 1.3× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, İzmir or Gaziantep?
- İzmir is the larger city by population, with 2,938,292 people to 2,222,415 in Gaziantep — a difference of 715,877. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are İzmir and Gaziantep?
- 913 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Turkey. Gaziantep keeps time the same time as İzmir.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, İzmir or Gaziantep?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population İzmir is the larger of the two, with 2,938,292 people to 2,222,415 in Gaziantep. 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 İzmir and Gaziantep both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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