City size comparison

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El Paso is about 9 times smaller than Shanghai.

Shanghai is approximately 6,341 sq km, while El Paso is approximately 670 sq km, making El Paso 10.57% the size of Shanghai.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Shanghai vs. El Paso uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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