Head to head
Shymkent vs Karagandy
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Shymkent is the larger of the two, with 1,200,000 people to 497,777 in Karagandy. 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 Shymkent is the larger of the two, with 1,200,000 people to 497,777 in Karagandy. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Shymkent nor Karagandy has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Kazakhstan| Metric | Shymkent | Karagandy |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,200,000 | 497,777 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Kazakhstan | Kazakhstan |
| Region | Shymkent | Karaganda |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 5:16 AM · UTC+05:00 | 5:16 AM · UTC+05:00 |
| 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
876 km apartShymkent and Karagandy are 876 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Kazakhstan. Karagandy keeps time the same time as Shymkent.
Shymkent has 702,223 more people — 2.4× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Shymkent or Karagandy?
- Shymkent is the larger city by population, with 1,200,000 people to 497,777 in Karagandy — a difference of 702,223. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Shymkent and Karagandy?
- 876 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Kazakhstan. Karagandy keeps time the same time as Shymkent.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Shymkent or Karagandy?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Shymkent is the larger of the two, with 1,200,000 people to 497,777 in Karagandy. 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 Shymkent and Karagandy both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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