Head to head
Port Louis vs Vacoas
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Port Louis is the larger of the two, with 155,226 people to 115,289 in Vacoas. 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 Port Louis is the larger of the two, with 155,226 people to 115,289 in Vacoas. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Port Louis nor Vacoas has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Mauritius| Metric | Port Louis | Vacoas |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 155,226 | 115,289 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | Mauritius | Mauritius |
| Region | Port Louis | Plaines Wilhems |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 2:57 AM · UTC+04:00 | 2:57 AM · UTC+04:00 |
| 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
15 km apartPort Louis and Vacoas are 15 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Mauritius. Vacoas keeps time the same time as Port Louis.
Port Louis has 39,937 more people — 1.3× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Port Louis or Vacoas?
- Port Louis is the larger city by population, with 155,226 people to 115,289 in Vacoas — a difference of 39,937. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Port Louis and Vacoas?
- 15 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Mauritius. Vacoas keeps time the same time as Port Louis.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Port Louis or Vacoas?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Port Louis is the larger of the two, with 155,226 people to 115,289 in Vacoas. 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 Port Louis and Vacoas both currently sit at $0.
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2Settle it
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