Head to head
Samarkand vs Nukus
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Samarkand is the larger of the two, with 595,200 people to 332,500 in Nukus. 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 Samarkand is the larger of the two, with 595,200 people to 332,500 in Nukus. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Samarkand nor Nukus has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Uzbekistan| Metric | Samarkand | Nukus |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 595,200 | 332,500 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 4th largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Uzbekistan | Uzbekistan |
| Region | Samarqand Region | Karakalpakstan |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 3:52 AM · UTC+05:00 | 3:52 AM · UTC+05:00 |
| 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
691 km apartSamarkand and Nukus are 691 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Uzbekistan. Nukus keeps time the same time as Samarkand.
Samarkand has 262,700 more people — 1.8× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Samarkand or Nukus?
- Samarkand is the larger city by population, with 595,200 people to 332,500 in Nukus — a difference of 262,700. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Samarkand and Nukus?
- 691 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Uzbekistan. Nukus keeps time the same time as Samarkand.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Samarkand or Nukus?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Samarkand is the larger of the two, with 595,200 people to 332,500 in Nukus. 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 Samarkand and Nukus both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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