Head to head
Sousse vs Kairouan
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Sousse is the larger of the two, with 221,715 people to 139,070 in Kairouan. 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 Sousse is the larger of the two, with 221,715 people to 139,070 in Kairouan. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Sousse nor Kairouan has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Tunisia| Metric | Sousse | Kairouan |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 221,715 | 139,070 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Tunisia | Tunisia |
| Region | Sousse Governorate | Kairouan |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 11:54 PM · UTC+01:00 | 11:54 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
51 km apartSousse and Kairouan are 51 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Tunisia. Kairouan keeps time the same time as Sousse.
Sousse has 82,645 more people — 1.6× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Sousse or Kairouan?
- Sousse is the larger city by population, with 221,715 people to 139,070 in Kairouan — a difference of 82,645. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Sousse and Kairouan?
- 51 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Tunisia. Kairouan keeps time the same time as Sousse.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Sousse or Kairouan?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Sousse is the larger of the two, with 221,715 people to 139,070 in Kairouan. 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 Sousse and Kairouan both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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