Head to head
Şabāḩ as Sālim vs Kuwait City
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Şabāḩ as Sālim is the larger of the two, with 139,163 people to 60,064 in Kuwait City. 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 Şabāḩ as Sālim is the larger of the two, with 139,163 people to 60,064 in Kuwait City. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Şabāḩ as Sālim nor Kuwait City has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Kuwait| Metric | Şabāḩ as Sālim | Kuwait City |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 139,163 | 60,064 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | — |
| Country | Kuwait | Kuwait |
| Region | Mubārak al Kabīr | Al Asimah |
| National capital | No | Yes |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:57 AM · UTC+03:00 | 1:57 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
15 km apartŞabāḩ as Sālim and Kuwait City are 15 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Kuwait. Kuwait City keeps time the same time as Şabāḩ as Sālim.
Şabāḩ as Sālim has 79,099 more people — 2.3× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Şabāḩ as Sālim or Kuwait City?
- Şabāḩ as Sālim is the larger city by population, with 139,163 people to 60,064 in Kuwait City — a difference of 79,099. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Şabāḩ as Sālim and Kuwait City?
- 15 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Kuwait. Kuwait City keeps time the same time as Şabāḩ as Sālim.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Şabāḩ as Sālim or Kuwait City?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Şabāḩ as Sālim is the larger of the two, with 139,163 people to 60,064 in Kuwait City. 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 Şabāḩ as Sālim and Kuwait City both currently sit at $0.
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4Settle it
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