Head to head
Mixco vs Cobán
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Mixco is the larger of the two, with 465,773 people to 212,047 in Cobán. 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 Mixco is the larger of the two, with 465,773 people to 212,047 in Cobán. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Mixco nor Cobán has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Guatemala| Metric | Mixco | Cobán |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 465,773 | 212,047 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Guatemala | Guatemala |
| Region | Guatemala | Alta Verapaz |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 4:53 PM · UTC-06:00 | 4:53 PM · UTC-06:00 |
| 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
97 km apartMixco and Cobán are 97 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Guatemala. Cobán keeps time the same time as Mixco.
Mixco has 253,726 more people — 2.2× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Mixco or Cobán?
- Mixco is the larger city by population, with 465,773 people to 212,047 in Cobán — a difference of 253,726. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Mixco and Cobán?
- 97 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Guatemala. Cobán keeps time the same time as Mixco.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Mixco or Cobán?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Mixco is the larger of the two, with 465,773 people to 212,047 in Cobán. 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 Mixco and Cobán both currently sit at $0.
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