Head to head
San Salvador vs San Miguel
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 247,126 in San Miguel. 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 247,126 in San Miguel. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither San Salvador nor San Miguel has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
El Salvador| Metric | San Salvador | San Miguel |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 525,990 | 247,126 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | El Salvador | El Salvador |
| Region | San Salvador Department | San Miguel 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
111 km apartSan Salvador and San Miguel are 111 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in El Salvador. San Miguel keeps time the same time as San Salvador.
San Salvador has 278,864 more people — 2.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, San Salvador or San Miguel?
- San Salvador is the larger city by population, with 525,990 people to 247,126 in San Miguel — a difference of 278,864. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are San Salvador and San Miguel?
- 111 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in El Salvador. San Miguel keeps time the same time as San Salvador.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, San Salvador or San Miguel?
- 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 247,126 in San Miguel. 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 San Miguel both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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