Head to head
Siem Reap vs Battambang
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Siem Reap is the larger of the two, with 139,458 people to 119,251 in Battambang. 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 Siem Reap is the larger of the two, with 139,458 people to 119,251 in Battambang. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Siem Reap nor Battambang has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Cambodia| Metric | Siem Reap | Battambang |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 139,458 | 119,251 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Cambodia | Cambodia |
| Region | Siem Reap | Battambang |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 8:49 AM · UTC+07:00 | 8:49 AM · UTC+07:00 |
| 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
77 km apartSiem Reap and Battambang are 77 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Cambodia. Battambang keeps time the same time as Siem Reap.
Siem Reap has 20,207 more people — 1.2× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Siem Reap or Battambang?
- Siem Reap is the larger city by population, with 139,458 people to 119,251 in Battambang — a difference of 20,207. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Siem Reap and Battambang?
- 77 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Cambodia. Battambang keeps time the same time as Siem Reap.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Siem Reap or Battambang?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Siem Reap is the larger of the two, with 139,458 people to 119,251 in Battambang. 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 Siem Reap and Battambang both currently sit at $0.
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