Head to head
Tehran vs Tabriz
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Tehran is the larger of the two, with 7,153,309 people to 1,424,641 in Tabriz. 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 Tehran is the larger of the two, with 7,153,309 people to 1,424,641 in Tabriz. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Tehran nor Tabriz has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Iran| Metric | Tehran | Tabriz |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 7,153,309 | 1,424,641 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Iran | Iran |
| Region | Tehran | East Azerbaijan |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 2:20 AM · UTC+03:30 | 2:20 AM · UTC+03:30 |
| 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
528 km apartTehran and Tabriz are 528 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Iran. Tabriz keeps time the same time as Tehran.
Tehran has 5,728,668 more people — 5.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Tehran or Tabriz?
- Tehran is the larger city by population, with 7,153,309 people to 1,424,641 in Tabriz — a difference of 5,728,668. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Tehran and Tabriz?
- 528 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Iran. Tabriz keeps time the same time as Tehran.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Tehran or Tabriz?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Tehran is the larger of the two, with 7,153,309 people to 1,424,641 in Tabriz. 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 Tehran and Tabriz both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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