Head to head
Dakar vs Touba
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Dakar is the larger of the two, with 2,646,503 people to 1,120,824 in Touba. 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 Dakar is the larger of the two, with 2,646,503 people to 1,120,824 in Touba. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Dakar nor Touba has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Senegal| Metric | Dakar | Touba |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 2,646,503 | 1,120,824 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | Senegal | Senegal |
| Region | Dakar | Diourbel Region |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 12:15 AM · UTC+00:00 | 12:15 AM · UTC+00:00 |
| 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
170 km apartDakar and Touba are 170 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Senegal. Touba keeps time the same time as Dakar.
Dakar has 1,525,679 more people — 2.4× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Dakar or Touba?
- Dakar is the larger city by population, with 2,646,503 people to 1,120,824 in Touba — a difference of 1,525,679. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Dakar and Touba?
- 170 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Senegal. Touba keeps time the same time as Dakar.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Dakar or Touba?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Dakar is the larger of the two, with 2,646,503 people to 1,120,824 in Touba. 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 Dakar and Touba both currently sit at $0.
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