Head to head
Santiago vs Maipú
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Santiago is the larger of the two, with 4,837,295 people to 503,635 in Maipú. 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 Santiago is the larger of the two, with 4,837,295 people to 503,635 in Maipú. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Santiago nor Maipú has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Chile| Metric | Santiago | Maipú |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 4,837,295 | 503,635 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | Chile | Chile |
| Region | Santiago Metropolitan | Santiago Metropolitan |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 8:20 PM · UTC-04:00 | 8:20 PM · UTC-04:00 |
| 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
13 km apartSantiago and Maipú are 13 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Chile. Maipú keeps time the same time as Santiago.
Santiago has 4,333,660 more people — 9.6× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Santiago or Maipú?
- Santiago is the larger city by population, with 4,837,295 people to 503,635 in Maipú — a difference of 4,333,660. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Santiago and Maipú?
- 13 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Chile. Maipú keeps time the same time as Santiago.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Santiago or Maipú?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Santiago is the larger of the two, with 4,837,295 people to 503,635 in Maipú. 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 Santiago and Maipú both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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