Head to head
Madīnat Ḩamad vs Ar Rifā‘
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Madīnat Ḩamad is the larger of the two, with 133,550 people to 115,495 in Ar Rifā‘. 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 Madīnat Ḩamad is the larger of the two, with 133,550 people to 115,495 in Ar Rifā‘. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Madīnat Ḩamad nor Ar Rifā‘ has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Bahrain| Metric | Madīnat Ḩamad | Ar Rifā‘ |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 133,550 | 115,495 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Bahrain | Bahrain |
| Region | Northern | Southern Governorate |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:57 AM · UTC+03:00 | 1:57 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
5 km apartMadīnat Ḩamad and Ar Rifā‘ are 5 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Bahrain. Ar Rifā‘ keeps time the same time as Madīnat Ḩamad.
Madīnat Ḩamad has 18,055 more people — 1.2× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Madīnat Ḩamad or Ar Rifā‘?
- Madīnat Ḩamad is the larger city by population, with 133,550 people to 115,495 in Ar Rifā‘ — a difference of 18,055. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Madīnat Ḩamad and Ar Rifā‘?
- 5 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Bahrain. Ar Rifā‘ keeps time the same time as Madīnat Ḩamad.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Madīnat Ḩamad or Ar Rifā‘?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Madīnat Ḩamad is the larger of the two, with 133,550 people to 115,495 in Ar Rifā‘. 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 Madīnat Ḩamad and Ar Rifā‘ both currently sit at $0.
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4Settle it
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