Head to head
Spanish Town vs Portmore
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Spanish Town is the larger of the two, with 145,018 people to 102,861 in Portmore. 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 Spanish Town is the larger of the two, with 145,018 people to 102,861 in Portmore. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Spanish Town nor Portmore has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Jamaica| Metric | Spanish Town | Portmore |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 145,018 | 102,861 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | Jamaica | Jamaica |
| Region | Saint Catherine Parish | Saint Catherine Parish |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 5:57 PM · UTC-05:00 | 5:57 PM · 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
8 km apartSpanish Town and Portmore are 8 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Jamaica. Portmore keeps time the same time as Spanish Town.
Spanish Town has 42,157 more people — 1.4× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Spanish Town or Portmore?
- Spanish Town is the larger city by population, with 145,018 people to 102,861 in Portmore — a difference of 42,157. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Spanish Town and Portmore?
- 8 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Jamaica. Portmore keeps time the same time as Spanish Town.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Spanish Town or Portmore?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Spanish Town is the larger of the two, with 145,018 people to 102,861 in Portmore. 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 Spanish Town and Portmore both currently sit at $0.
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