Head to head
Misratah vs Al Khums
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Misratah is the larger of the two, with 355,657 people to 201,943 in Al Khums. 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 Misratah is the larger of the two, with 355,657 people to 201,943 in Al Khums. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Misratah nor Al Khums has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Libya| Metric | Misratah | Al Khums |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 355,657 | 201,943 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Libya | Libya |
| Region | Misratah | Al Marqab |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 2:20 AM · UTC+02:00 | 2:20 AM · UTC+02:00 |
| 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
84 km apartMisratah and Al Khums are 84 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Libya. Al Khums keeps time the same time as Misratah.
Misratah has 153,714 more people — 1.8× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Misratah or Al Khums?
- Misratah is the larger city by population, with 355,657 people to 201,943 in Al Khums — a difference of 153,714. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Misratah and Al Khums?
- 84 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Libya. Al Khums keeps time the same time as Misratah.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Misratah or Al Khums?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Misratah is the larger of the two, with 355,657 people to 201,943 in Al Khums. 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 Misratah and Al Khums both currently sit at $0.
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