Head to head
Sofia vs Burgas
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Sofia is the larger of the two, with 1,152,556 people to 210,646 in Burgas. 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 Sofia is the larger of the two, with 1,152,556 people to 210,646 in Burgas. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Sofia nor Burgas has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Bulgaria| Metric | Sofia | Burgas |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,152,556 | 210,646 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Bulgaria | Bulgaria |
| Region | Sofia-Capital | Burgas |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:50 AM · UTC+03:00 | 1:50 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
340 km apartSofia and Burgas are 340 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Bulgaria. Burgas keeps time the same time as Sofia.
Sofia has 941,910 more people — 5.5× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Sofia or Burgas?
- Sofia is the larger city by population, with 1,152,556 people to 210,646 in Burgas — a difference of 941,910. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Sofia and Burgas?
- 340 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Bulgaria. Burgas keeps time the same time as Sofia.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Sofia or Burgas?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Sofia is the larger of the two, with 1,152,556 people to 210,646 in Burgas. 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 Sofia and Burgas both currently sit at $0.
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