Head to head
Phnom Penh vs Battambang
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Phnom Penh is the larger of the two, with 1,573,544 people to 119,251 in Battambang. 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 Phnom Penh is the larger of the two, with 1,573,544 people to 119,251 in Battambang. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Phnom Penh nor Battambang has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Cambodia| Metric | Phnom Penh | Battambang |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,573,544 | 119,251 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Cambodia | Cambodia |
| Region | Phnom Penh | Battambang |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 5:56 AM · UTC+07:00 | 5:56 AM · UTC+07:00 |
| 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
253 km apartPhnom Penh and Battambang are 253 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Cambodia. Battambang keeps time the same time as Phnom Penh.
Phnom Penh has 1,454,293 more people — 13.2× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Phnom Penh or Battambang?
- Phnom Penh is the larger city by population, with 1,573,544 people to 119,251 in Battambang — a difference of 1,454,293. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Phnom Penh and Battambang?
- 253 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Cambodia. Battambang keeps time the same time as Phnom Penh.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Phnom Penh or Battambang?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Phnom Penh is the larger of the two, with 1,573,544 people to 119,251 in Battambang. 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 Phnom Penh and Battambang both currently sit at $0.
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4Settle it
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