Head to head
Santiago vs Viña del Mar
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 334,248 in Viña del Mar. 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 334,248 in Viña del Mar. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Santiago nor Viña del Mar has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Chile| Metric | Santiago | Viña del Mar |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 4,837,295 | 334,248 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Chile | Chile |
| Region | Santiago Metropolitan | Valparaiso |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 6:57 PM · UTC-04:00 | 6:57 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
97 km apartSantiago and Viña del Mar are 97 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Chile. Viña del Mar keeps time the same time as Santiago.
Santiago has 4,503,047 more people — 14.5× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Santiago or Viña del Mar?
- Santiago is the larger city by population, with 4,837,295 people to 334,248 in Viña del Mar — a difference of 4,503,047. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Santiago and Viña del Mar?
- 97 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Chile. Viña del Mar keeps time the same time as Santiago.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Santiago or Viña del Mar?
- 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 334,248 in Viña del Mar. 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 Viña del Mar both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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