Head to head
Tunis vs Kairouan
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Tunis is the larger of the two, with 693,210 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 Tunis is the larger of the two, with 693,210 people to 139,070 in Kairouan. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Tunis nor Kairouan has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Tunisia| Metric | Tunis | Kairouan |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 693,210 | 139,070 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Tunisia | Tunisia |
| Region | Tunis Governorate | Kairouan |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 11:56 PM · UTC+01:00 | 11:56 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
127 km apartTunis and Kairouan are 127 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Tunisia. Kairouan keeps time the same time as Tunis.
Tunis has 554,140 more people — 5.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Tunis or Kairouan?
- Tunis is the larger city by population, with 693,210 people to 139,070 in Kairouan — a difference of 554,140. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Tunis and Kairouan?
- 127 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Tunisia. Kairouan keeps time the same time as Tunis.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Tunis or Kairouan?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Tunis is the larger of the two, with 693,210 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 Tunis and Kairouan both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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