Head to head
Taipei vs Lima
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Taipei is the larger of the two, with 7,871,900 people to 7,737,002 in Lima. 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 Taipei is the larger of the two, with 7,871,900 people to 7,737,002 in Lima. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Taipei nor Lima has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Two countries| Metric | Taipei | Lima |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 7,871,900 | 7,737,002 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 1st largest |
| Country | Taiwan | Peru |
| Region | Taiwan | Lima Province |
| National capital | Yes | Yes |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 3:48 AM · UTC+08:00 | 2:48 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
17,587 km apartTaipei and Lima are 17,587 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Taipei is in Taiwan; Lima is in Peru. Lima keeps time 13 hours behind Taipei.
Taipei has 134,898 more people — 1.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Taipei or Lima?
- Taipei is the larger city by population, with 7,871,900 people to 7,737,002 in Lima — a difference of 134,898. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Taipei and Lima?
- 17,587 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Taipei is in Taiwan and Lima is in Peru. Lima keeps time 13 hours behind Taipei.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Taipei or Lima?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Taipei is the larger of the two, with 7,871,900 people to 7,737,002 in Lima. 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 Taipei and Lima both currently sit at $0.
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