Head to head
San Salvador vs Mejicanos
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population San Salvador is the larger of the two, with 525,990 people to 160,317 in Mejicanos. 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 San Salvador is the larger of the two, with 525,990 people to 160,317 in Mejicanos. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither San Salvador nor Mejicanos has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
El Salvador| Metric | San Salvador | Mejicanos |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 525,990 | 160,317 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 5th largest |
| Country | El Salvador | El Salvador |
| Region | San Salvador Department | San Salvador Department |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 4:58 PM · UTC-06:00 | 4:58 PM · UTC-06:00 |
| 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
4 km apartSan Salvador and Mejicanos are 4 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in El Salvador. Mejicanos keeps time the same time as San Salvador.
San Salvador has 365,673 more people — 3.3× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, San Salvador or Mejicanos?
- San Salvador is the larger city by population, with 525,990 people to 160,317 in Mejicanos — a difference of 365,673. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are San Salvador and Mejicanos?
- 4 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in El Salvador. Mejicanos keeps time the same time as San Salvador.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, San Salvador or Mejicanos?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population San Salvador is the larger of the two, with 525,990 people to 160,317 in Mejicanos. 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 San Salvador and Mejicanos both currently sit at $0.
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