Head to head
Manama vs Ar Rifā‘
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Manama is the larger of the two, with 147,074 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 Manama is the larger of the two, with 147,074 people to 115,495 in Ar Rifā‘. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Manama nor Ar Rifā‘ has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Bahrain| Metric | Manama | Ar Rifā‘ |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 147,074 | 115,495 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Bahrain | Bahrain |
| Region | Manama | Southern Governorate |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:54 AM · UTC+03:00 | 1:54 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
11 km apartManama and Ar Rifā‘ are 11 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Bahrain. Ar Rifā‘ keeps time the same time as Manama.
Manama has 31,579 more people — 1.3× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Manama or Ar Rifā‘?
- Manama is the larger city by population, with 147,074 people to 115,495 in Ar Rifā‘ — a difference of 31,579. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Manama and Ar Rifā‘?
- 11 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Bahrain. Ar Rifā‘ keeps time the same time as Manama.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Manama or Ar Rifā‘?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Manama is the larger of the two, with 147,074 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 Manama and Ar Rifā‘ both currently sit at $0.
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4Settle it
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