Head to head
Zarqa vs Khuraybat as Sūq
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Zarqa is the larger of the two, with 792,665 people to 186,158 in Khuraybat as Sūq. 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 Zarqa is the larger of the two, with 792,665 people to 186,158 in Khuraybat as Sūq. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Zarqa nor Khuraybat as Sūq has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Jordan| Metric | Zarqa | Khuraybat as Sūq |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 792,665 | 186,158 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Jordan | Jordan |
| Region | Zarqa | Amman |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 3:20 AM · UTC+03:00 | 3:20 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
27 km apartZarqa and Khuraybat as Sūq are 27 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Jordan. Khuraybat as Sūq keeps time the same time as Zarqa.
Zarqa has 606,507 more people — 4.3× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Zarqa or Khuraybat as Sūq?
- Zarqa is the larger city by population, with 792,665 people to 186,158 in Khuraybat as Sūq — a difference of 606,507. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Zarqa and Khuraybat as Sūq?
- 27 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Jordan. Khuraybat as Sūq keeps time the same time as Zarqa.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Zarqa or Khuraybat as Sūq?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Zarqa is the larger of the two, with 792,665 people to 186,158 in Khuraybat as Sūq. 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 Zarqa and Khuraybat as Sūq both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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