Head to head
Mashhad vs Tabriz
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 1,424,641 in Tabriz. 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 1,424,641 in Tabriz. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Mashhad nor Tabriz has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Iran| Metric | Mashhad | Tabriz |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 2,307,177 | 1,424,641 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Iran | Iran |
| Region | Razavi Khorasan | East Azerbaijan |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 2:21 AM · UTC+03:30 | 2:21 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
1,195 km apartMashhad and Tabriz are 1,195 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Iran. Tabriz keeps time the same time as Mashhad.
Mashhad has 882,536 more people — 1.6× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Mashhad or Tabriz?
- Mashhad is the larger city by population, with 2,307,177 people to 1,424,641 in Tabriz — a difference of 882,536. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Mashhad and Tabriz?
- 1,195 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Iran. Tabriz keeps time the same time as Mashhad.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Mashhad or Tabriz?
- 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 1,424,641 in Tabriz. 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 Tabriz both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
Neither city is on the board. The first $1 behind either one decides which of them goes first.
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