Head to head
Petaling Jaya vs Ipoh
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Petaling Jaya is the larger of the two, with 807,879 people to 759,952 in Ipoh. 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 Petaling Jaya is the larger of the two, with 807,879 people to 759,952 in Ipoh. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Petaling Jaya nor Ipoh has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Malaysia| Metric | Petaling Jaya | Ipoh |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 807,879 | 759,952 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 4th largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Malaysia | Malaysia |
| Region | Selangor | Perak |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 8:20 AM · UTC+08:00 | 8:20 AM · UTC+08:00 |
| 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
174 km apartPetaling Jaya and Ipoh are 174 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Malaysia. Ipoh keeps time the same time as Petaling Jaya.
Petaling Jaya has 47,927 more people — 1.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Petaling Jaya or Ipoh?
- Petaling Jaya is the larger city by population, with 807,879 people to 759,952 in Ipoh — a difference of 47,927. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Petaling Jaya and Ipoh?
- 174 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Malaysia. Ipoh keeps time the same time as Petaling Jaya.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Petaling Jaya or Ipoh?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Petaling Jaya is the larger of the two, with 807,879 people to 759,952 in Ipoh. 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 Petaling Jaya and Ipoh both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
Neither city is on the board. The first $1 behind either one decides which of them goes first.
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