Head to head
Maracaibo vs Barquisimeto
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Maracaibo is the larger of the two, with 1,752,602 people to 1,240,714 in Barquisimeto. 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 Maracaibo is the larger of the two, with 1,752,602 people to 1,240,714 in Barquisimeto. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Maracaibo nor Barquisimeto has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Venezuela| Metric | Maracaibo | Barquisimeto |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,752,602 | 1,240,714 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Venezuela | Venezuela |
| Region | Zulia | Lara |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 6:57 PM · UTC-04:00 | 6:57 PM · UTC-04:00 |
| 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
255 km apartMaracaibo and Barquisimeto are 255 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Venezuela. Barquisimeto keeps time the same time as Maracaibo.
Maracaibo has 511,888 more people — 1.4× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Maracaibo or Barquisimeto?
- Maracaibo is the larger city by population, with 1,752,602 people to 1,240,714 in Barquisimeto — a difference of 511,888. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Maracaibo and Barquisimeto?
- 255 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Venezuela. Barquisimeto keeps time the same time as Maracaibo.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Maracaibo or Barquisimeto?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Maracaibo is the larger of the two, with 1,752,602 people to 1,240,714 in Barquisimeto. 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 Maracaibo and Barquisimeto both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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