Head to head
Mazār-e Sharīf vs Jalālābād
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Mazār-e Sharīf is the larger of the two, with 523,300 people to 271,900 in Jalālābād. 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 Mazār-e Sharīf is the larger of the two, with 523,300 people to 271,900 in Jalālābād. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Mazār-e Sharīf nor Jalālābād has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Afghanistan| Metric | Mazār-e Sharīf | Jalālābād |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 523,300 | 271,900 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Afghanistan | Afghanistan |
| Region | Balkh | Nangarhar |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 4:51 AM · UTC+04:30 | 4:51 AM · UTC+04:30 |
| 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
395 km apartMazār-e Sharīf and Jalālābād are 395 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Afghanistan. Jalālābād keeps time the same time as Mazār-e Sharīf.
Mazār-e Sharīf has 251,400 more people — 1.9× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Mazār-e Sharīf or Jalālābād?
- Mazār-e Sharīf is the larger city by population, with 523,300 people to 271,900 in Jalālābād — a difference of 251,400. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Mazār-e Sharīf and Jalālābād?
- 395 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Afghanistan. Jalālābād keeps time the same time as Mazār-e Sharīf.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Mazār-e Sharīf or Jalālābād?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Mazār-e Sharīf is the larger of the two, with 523,300 people to 271,900 in Jalālābād. 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 Mazār-e Sharīf and Jalālābād both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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