Head to head
Managua vs León
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Managua is the larger of the two, with 973,087 people to 144,538 in León. 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 Managua is the larger of the two, with 973,087 people to 144,538 in León. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Managua nor León has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Nicaragua| Metric | Managua | León |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 973,087 | 144,538 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | Nicaragua | Nicaragua |
| Region | Managua Department | León Department |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 6:15 PM · UTC-06:00 | 6:15 PM · UTC-06:00 |
| 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
76 km apartManagua and León are 76 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Nicaragua. León keeps time the same time as Managua.
Managua has 828,549 more people — 6.7× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Managua or León?
- Managua is the larger city by population, with 973,087 people to 144,538 in León — a difference of 828,549. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Managua and León?
- 76 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Nicaragua. León keeps time the same time as Managua.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Managua or León?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Managua is the larger of the two, with 973,087 people to 144,538 in León. 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 Managua and León both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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