Head to head
Karaj vs Tabriz
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Karaj is the larger of the two, with 1,448,075 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 Karaj is the larger of the two, with 1,448,075 people to 1,424,641 in Tabriz. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Karaj nor Tabriz has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Iran| Metric | Karaj | Tabriz |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,448,075 | 1,424,641 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 4th largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Iran | Iran |
| Region | Alborz Province | East Azerbaijan |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 3:43 AM · UTC+03:30 | 3:43 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
487 km apartKaraj and Tabriz are 487 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Iran. Tabriz keeps time the same time as Karaj.
Karaj has 23,434 more people — 1.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Karaj or Tabriz?
- Karaj is the larger city by population, with 1,448,075 people to 1,424,641 in Tabriz — a difference of 23,434. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Karaj and Tabriz?
- 487 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Iran. Tabriz keeps time the same time as Karaj.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Karaj or Tabriz?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Karaj is the larger of the two, with 1,448,075 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 Karaj and Tabriz both currently sit at $0.
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