Head to head
Fes vs Tangier
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Fes is the larger of the two, with 1,191,905 people to 1,035,141 in Tangier. 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 Fes is the larger of the two, with 1,191,905 people to 1,035,141 in Tangier. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Fes nor Tangier has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Morocco| Metric | Fes | Tangier |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,191,905 | 1,035,141 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Morocco | Morocco |
| Region | Fes-Meknes | Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 11:51 PM · UTC+01:00 | 11:51 PM · UTC+01:00 |
| 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
206 km apartFes and Tangier are 206 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Morocco. Tangier keeps time the same time as Fes.
Fes has 156,764 more people — 1.2× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Fes or Tangier?
- Fes is the larger city by population, with 1,191,905 people to 1,035,141 in Tangier — a difference of 156,764. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Fes and Tangier?
- 206 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Morocco. Tangier keeps time the same time as Fes.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Fes or Tangier?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Fes is the larger of the two, with 1,191,905 people to 1,035,141 in Tangier. 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 Fes and Tangier both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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