Head to head
Medellín vs Cartagena
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Medellín is the larger of the two, with 1,999,979 people to 914,552 in Cartagena. 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 Medellín is the larger of the two, with 1,999,979 people to 914,552 in Cartagena. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Medellín nor Cartagena has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Colombia| Metric | Medellín | Cartagena |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,999,979 | 914,552 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Colombia | Colombia |
| Region | Antioquia | Bolívar |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 5:57 PM · UTC-05:00 | 5:57 PM · UTC-05:00 |
| 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
462 km apartMedellín and Cartagena are 462 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Colombia. Cartagena keeps time the same time as Medellín.
Medellín has 1,085,427 more people — 2.2× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Medellín or Cartagena?
- Medellín is the larger city by population, with 1,999,979 people to 914,552 in Cartagena — a difference of 1,085,427. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Medellín and Cartagena?
- 462 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Colombia. Cartagena keeps time the same time as Medellín.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Medellín or Cartagena?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Medellín is the larger of the two, with 1,999,979 people to 914,552 in Cartagena. 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 Medellín and Cartagena both currently sit at $0.
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