Head to head
Sidon vs Tyre
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Sidon is the larger of the two, with 163,554 people to 135,204 in Tyre. 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 Sidon is the larger of the two, with 163,554 people to 135,204 in Tyre. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Sidon nor Tyre has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Lebanon| Metric | Sidon | Tyre |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 163,554 | 135,204 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Lebanon | Lebanon |
| Region | South Governorate | South Governorate |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:51 AM · UTC+03:00 | 1:51 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
36 km apartSidon and Tyre are 36 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Lebanon. Tyre keeps time the same time as Sidon.
Sidon has 28,350 more people — 1.2× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Sidon or Tyre?
- Sidon is the larger city by population, with 163,554 people to 135,204 in Tyre — a difference of 28,350. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Sidon and Tyre?
- 36 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Lebanon. Tyre keeps time the same time as Sidon.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Sidon or Tyre?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Sidon is the larger of the two, with 163,554 people to 135,204 in Tyre. 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 Sidon and Tyre both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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