Head to head
Varna vs Stara Zagora
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Varna is the larger of the two, with 318,737 people to 121,582 in Stara Zagora. 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 Varna is the larger of the two, with 318,737 people to 121,582 in Stara Zagora. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Varna nor Stara Zagora has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Bulgaria| Metric | Varna | Stara Zagora |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 318,737 | 121,582 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Bulgaria | Bulgaria |
| Region | Varna | Stara Zagora |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:56 AM · UTC+03:00 | 1:56 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
205 km apartVarna and Stara Zagora are 205 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Bulgaria. Stara Zagora keeps time the same time as Varna.
Varna has 197,155 more people — 2.6× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Varna or Stara Zagora?
- Varna is the larger city by population, with 318,737 people to 121,582 in Stara Zagora — a difference of 197,155. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Varna and Stara Zagora?
- 205 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Bulgaria. Stara Zagora keeps time the same time as Varna.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Varna or Stara Zagora?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Varna is the larger of the two, with 318,737 people to 121,582 in Stara Zagora. 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 Varna and Stara Zagora both currently sit at $0.
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