Head to head
Mogadishu vs Marka
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Mogadishu is the larger of the two, with 2,587,183 people to 230,100 in Marka. 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 Mogadishu is the larger of the two, with 2,587,183 people to 230,100 in Marka. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Mogadishu nor Marka has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Somalia| Metric | Mogadishu | Marka |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 2,587,183 | 230,100 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 6th largest |
| Country | Somalia | Somalia |
| Region | Banaadir | Lower Shabeelle |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:51 AM · UTC+03:00 | 1:51 AM · UTC+03:00 |
| 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
73 km apartMogadishu and Marka are 73 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Somalia. Marka keeps time the same time as Mogadishu.
Mogadishu has 2,357,083 more people — 11.2× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Mogadishu or Marka?
- Mogadishu is the larger city by population, with 2,587,183 people to 230,100 in Marka — a difference of 2,357,083. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Mogadishu and Marka?
- 73 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Somalia. Marka keeps time the same time as Mogadishu.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Mogadishu or Marka?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Mogadishu is the larger of the two, with 2,587,183 people to 230,100 in Marka. 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 Mogadishu and Marka both currently sit at $0.
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4Settle it
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