Head to head
Plovdiv vs Stara Zagora
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Plovdiv is the larger of the two, with 329,489 people to 121,582 in Stara Zagora. 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 Plovdiv is the larger of the two, with 329,489 people to 121,582 in Stara Zagora. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Plovdiv nor Stara Zagora has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Bulgaria| Metric | Plovdiv | Stara Zagora |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 329,489 | 121,582 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Bulgaria | Bulgaria |
| Region | Plovdiv | Stara Zagora |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 3:18 AM · UTC+03:00 | 3:18 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
80 km apartPlovdiv and Stara Zagora are 80 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Bulgaria. Stara Zagora keeps time the same time as Plovdiv.
Plovdiv has 207,907 more people — 2.7× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Plovdiv or Stara Zagora?
- Plovdiv is the larger city by population, with 329,489 people to 121,582 in Stara Zagora — a difference of 207,907. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Plovdiv and Stara Zagora?
- 80 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Bulgaria. Stara Zagora keeps time the same time as Plovdiv.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Plovdiv or Stara Zagora?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Plovdiv is the larger of the two, with 329,489 people to 121,582 in Stara Zagora. 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 Plovdiv and Stara Zagora both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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