Head to head
Masaya vs Chinandega
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Masaya is the larger of the two, with 130,113 people to 126,387 in Chinandega. 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 Masaya is the larger of the two, with 130,113 people to 126,387 in Chinandega. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Masaya nor Chinandega has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Nicaragua| Metric | Masaya | Chinandega |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 130,113 | 126,387 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Nicaragua | Nicaragua |
| Region | Masaya Department | Chinandega Department |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 6:21 PM · UTC-06:00 | 6:21 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
134 km apartMasaya and Chinandega are 134 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Nicaragua. Chinandega keeps time the same time as Masaya.
Masaya has 3,726 more people — 1.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Masaya or Chinandega?
- Masaya is the larger city by population, with 130,113 people to 126,387 in Chinandega — a difference of 3,726. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Masaya and Chinandega?
- 134 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Nicaragua. Chinandega keeps time the same time as Masaya.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Masaya or Chinandega?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Masaya is the larger of the two, with 130,113 people to 126,387 in Chinandega. 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 Masaya and Chinandega both currently sit at $0.
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