Head to head
Khān Yūnis vs Nablus
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Khān Yūnis is the larger of the two, with 173,183 people to 130,326 in Nablus. 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 Khān Yūnis is the larger of the two, with 173,183 people to 130,326 in Nablus. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Khān Yūnis nor Nablus has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Palestinian Territory| Metric | Khān Yūnis | Nablus |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 173,183 | 130,326 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Palestinian Territory | Palestinian Territory |
| Region | Gaza Strip | West Bank |
| 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
133 km apartKhān Yūnis and Nablus are 133 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Palestinian Territory. Nablus keeps time the same time as Khān Yūnis.
Khān Yūnis has 42,857 more people — 1.3× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Khān Yūnis or Nablus?
- Khān Yūnis is the larger city by population, with 173,183 people to 130,326 in Nablus — a difference of 42,857. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Khān Yūnis and Nablus?
- 133 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Palestinian Territory. Nablus keeps time the same time as Khān Yūnis.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Khān Yūnis or Nablus?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Khān Yūnis is the larger of the two, with 173,183 people to 130,326 in Nablus. 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 Khān Yūnis and Nablus both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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