Head to head
Rishon LeTsiyyon vs Petaẖ Tiqva
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Rishon LeTsiyyon is the larger of the two, with 258,535 people to 253,529 in Petaẖ Tiqva. 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 Rishon LeTsiyyon is the larger of the two, with 258,535 people to 253,529 in Petaẖ Tiqva. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Rishon LeTsiyyon nor Petaẖ Tiqva has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Israel| Metric | Rishon LeTsiyyon | Petaẖ Tiqva |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 258,535 | 253,529 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 4th largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Israel | Israel |
| Region | Central District | Central District |
| 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
16 km apartRishon LeTsiyyon and Petaẖ Tiqva are 16 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Israel. Petaẖ Tiqva keeps time the same time as Rishon LeTsiyyon.
Rishon LeTsiyyon has 5,006 more people — 1.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Rishon LeTsiyyon or Petaẖ Tiqva?
- Rishon LeTsiyyon is the larger city by population, with 258,535 people to 253,529 in Petaẖ Tiqva — a difference of 5,006. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Rishon LeTsiyyon and Petaẖ Tiqva?
- 16 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Israel. Petaẖ Tiqva keeps time the same time as Rishon LeTsiyyon.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Rishon LeTsiyyon or Petaẖ Tiqva?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Rishon LeTsiyyon is the larger of the two, with 258,535 people to 253,529 in Petaẖ Tiqva. 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 Rishon LeTsiyyon and Petaẖ Tiqva both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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