Head to head
Mandalay vs Nay Pyi Taw
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Mandalay is the larger of the two, with 1,208,099 people to 925,000 in Nay Pyi Taw. 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 Mandalay is the larger of the two, with 1,208,099 people to 925,000 in Nay Pyi Taw. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Mandalay nor Nay Pyi Taw has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Myanmar| Metric | Mandalay | Nay Pyi Taw |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,208,099 | 925,000 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | Myanmar | Myanmar |
| Region | Mandalay Region | Nay Pyi Taw |
| National capital | No | Yes |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 6:51 AM · UTC+06:30 | 6:51 AM · UTC+06:30 |
| 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
248 km apartMandalay and Nay Pyi Taw are 248 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Myanmar. Nay Pyi Taw keeps time the same time as Mandalay.
Mandalay has 283,099 more people — 1.3× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Mandalay or Nay Pyi Taw?
- Mandalay is the larger city by population, with 1,208,099 people to 925,000 in Nay Pyi Taw — a difference of 283,099. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Mandalay and Nay Pyi Taw?
- 248 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Myanmar. Nay Pyi Taw keeps time the same time as Mandalay.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Mandalay or Nay Pyi Taw?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Mandalay is the larger of the two, with 1,208,099 people to 925,000 in Nay Pyi Taw. 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 Mandalay and Nay Pyi Taw both currently sit at $0.
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