Head to head
Managua vs Masaya
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 130,113 in Masaya. 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 130,113 in Masaya. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Managua nor Masaya has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Nicaragua| Metric | Managua | Masaya |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 973,087 | 130,113 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | Nicaragua | Nicaragua |
| Region | Managua Department | Masaya Department |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 4:56 PM · UTC-06:00 | 4:56 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
24 km apartManagua and Masaya are 24 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Nicaragua. Masaya keeps time the same time as Managua.
Managua has 842,974 more people — 7.5× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Managua or Masaya?
- Managua is the larger city by population, with 973,087 people to 130,113 in Masaya — a difference of 842,974. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Managua and Masaya?
- 24 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Nicaragua. Masaya keeps time the same time as Managua.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Managua or Masaya?
- 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 130,113 in Masaya. 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 Masaya both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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