Head to head
La Paz vs Sucre
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population La Paz is the larger of the two, with 2,004,652 people to 224,838 in Sucre. 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 La Paz is the larger of the two, with 2,004,652 people to 224,838 in Sucre. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither La Paz nor Sucre has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Bolivia| Metric | La Paz | Sucre |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 2,004,652 | 224,838 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Bolivia | Bolivia |
| Region | La Paz Department | Chuquisaca Department |
| National capital | No | Yes |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 6:54 PM · UTC-04:00 | 6:54 PM · UTC-04:00 |
| 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
416 km apartLa Paz and Sucre are 416 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Bolivia. Sucre keeps time the same time as La Paz.
La Paz has 1,779,814 more people — 8.9× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, La Paz or Sucre?
- La Paz is the larger city by population, with 2,004,652 people to 224,838 in Sucre — a difference of 1,779,814. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are La Paz and Sucre?
- 416 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Bolivia. Sucre keeps time the same time as La Paz.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, La Paz or Sucre?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population La Paz is the larger of the two, with 2,004,652 people to 224,838 in Sucre. 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 La Paz and Sucre both currently sit at $0.
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