Head to head
Mashhad vs Marāgheh
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Mashhad is the larger of the two, with 2,307,177 people to 262,604 in Marāgheh. 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 Mashhad is the larger of the two, with 2,307,177 people to 262,604 in Marāgheh. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Mashhad nor Marāgheh has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Iran| Metric | Mashhad | Marāgheh |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 2,307,177 | 262,604 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 32nd largest |
| Country | Iran | Iran |
| Region | Razavi Khorasan | Razavi Khorasan |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 2:28 AM · UTC+03:30 | 2:28 AM · UTC+03:30 |
| 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
52 km apartMashhad and Marāgheh are 52 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Iran. Marāgheh keeps time the same time as Mashhad.
Mashhad has 2,044,573 more people — 8.8× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Mashhad or Marāgheh?
- Mashhad is the larger city by population, with 2,307,177 people to 262,604 in Marāgheh — a difference of 2,044,573. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Mashhad and Marāgheh?
- 52 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Iran. Marāgheh keeps time the same time as Mashhad.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Mashhad or Marāgheh?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Mashhad is the larger of the two, with 2,307,177 people to 262,604 in Marāgheh. 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 Mashhad and Marāgheh both currently sit at $0.
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4Settle it
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