Head to head
Tripoli vs Tyre
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Tripoli is the larger of the two, with 229,398 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 Tripoli is the larger of the two, with 229,398 people to 135,204 in Tyre. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Tripoli nor Tyre has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Lebanon| Metric | Tripoli | Tyre |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 229,398 | 135,204 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Lebanon | Lebanon |
| Region | North Lebanon | South Governorate |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:58 AM · UTC+03:00 | 1:58 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
142 km apartTripoli and Tyre are 142 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Lebanon. Tyre keeps time the same time as Tripoli.
Tripoli has 94,194 more people — 1.7× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Tripoli or Tyre?
- Tripoli is the larger city by population, with 229,398 people to 135,204 in Tyre — a difference of 94,194. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Tripoli and Tyre?
- 142 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Lebanon. Tyre keeps time the same time as Tripoli.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Tripoli or Tyre?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Tripoli is the larger of the two, with 229,398 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 Tripoli and Tyre both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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