Head to head
Muscat vs Bawshar
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Muscat is the larger of the two, with 797,000 people to 383,257 in Bawshar. 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 Muscat is the larger of the two, with 797,000 people to 383,257 in Bawshar. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Muscat nor Bawshar has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Oman| Metric | Muscat | Bawshar |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 797,000 | 383,257 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | Oman | Oman |
| Region | Muscat | Muscat |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 2:55 AM · UTC+04:00 | 2:55 AM · UTC+04:00 |
| 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
1 km apartMuscat and Bawshar are 1 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Oman. Bawshar keeps time the same time as Muscat.
Muscat has 413,743 more people — 2.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Muscat or Bawshar?
- Muscat is the larger city by population, with 797,000 people to 383,257 in Bawshar — a difference of 413,743. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Muscat and Bawshar?
- 1 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Oman. Bawshar keeps time the same time as Muscat.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Muscat or Bawshar?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Muscat is the larger of the two, with 797,000 people to 383,257 in Bawshar. 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 Muscat and Bawshar both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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