Head to head
Sanaa vs Ibb
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Sanaa is the larger of the two, with 1,937,451 people to 771,514 in Ibb. 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 Sanaa is the larger of the two, with 1,937,451 people to 771,514 in Ibb. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Sanaa nor Ibb has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Yemen| Metric | Sanaa | Ibb |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,937,451 | 771,514 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Yemen | Yemen |
| Region | Amanat Alasimah | Ibb Governorate |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:53 AM · UTC+03:00 | 1:53 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
154 km apartSanaa and Ibb are 154 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Yemen. Ibb keeps time the same time as Sanaa.
Sanaa has 1,165,937 more people — 2.5× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Sanaa or Ibb?
- Sanaa is the larger city by population, with 1,937,451 people to 771,514 in Ibb — a difference of 1,165,937. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Sanaa and Ibb?
- 154 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Yemen. Ibb keeps time the same time as Sanaa.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Sanaa or Ibb?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Sanaa is the larger of the two, with 1,937,451 people to 771,514 in Ibb. 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 Sanaa and Ibb both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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