Head to head
San Salvador vs Santa Ana
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 176,661 in Santa Ana. 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 176,661 in Santa Ana. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither San Salvador nor Santa Ana has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
El Salvador| Metric | San Salvador | Santa Ana |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 525,990 | 176,661 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 4th largest |
| Country | El Salvador | El Salvador |
| Region | San Salvador Department | Santa Ana Department |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 4:57 PM · UTC-06:00 | 4:57 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
52 km apartSan Salvador and Santa Ana are 52 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in El Salvador. Santa Ana keeps time the same time as San Salvador.
San Salvador has 349,329 more people — 3.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, San Salvador or Santa Ana?
- San Salvador is the larger city by population, with 525,990 people to 176,661 in Santa Ana — a difference of 349,329. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are San Salvador and Santa Ana?
- 52 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in El Salvador. Santa Ana keeps time the same time as San Salvador.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, San Salvador or Santa Ana?
- 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 176,661 in Santa Ana. 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 Santa Ana both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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