City size comparison

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Bucharest is about 28 times smaller than Shanghai.

Shanghai is approximately 6,341 sq km, while Bucharest is approximately 226 sq km, making Bucharest 3.56% the size of Shanghai.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Shanghai vs. Bucharest uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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