Head to head
Rosario vs Mar del Plata
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Rosario is the larger of the two, with 948,312 people to 593,337 in Mar del Plata. 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 Rosario is the larger of the two, with 948,312 people to 593,337 in Mar del Plata. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Rosario nor Mar del Plata has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Argentina| Metric | Rosario | Mar del Plata |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 948,312 | 593,337 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Argentina | Argentina |
| Region | Santa Fe | Buenos Aires |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 7:57 PM · UTC-03:00 | 7:57 PM · 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
627 km apartRosario and Mar del Plata are 627 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Argentina. Mar del Plata keeps time the same time as Rosario.
Rosario has 354,975 more people — 1.6× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Rosario or Mar del Plata?
- Rosario is the larger city by population, with 948,312 people to 593,337 in Mar del Plata — a difference of 354,975. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Rosario and Mar del Plata?
- 627 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Argentina. Mar del Plata keeps time the same time as Rosario.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Rosario or Mar del Plata?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Rosario is the larger of the two, with 948,312 people to 593,337 in Mar del Plata. 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 Rosario and Mar del Plata both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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