Chesapeake is about 7 times smaller than Shanghai.

Shanghai is approximately 6,341 sq km, while Chesapeake is approximately 877 sq km, making Chesapeake 13.82% the size of Shanghai.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Shanghai vs. Chesapeake uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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