City size comparison

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Sacramento is about 25 times smaller than Shanghai.

Shanghai is approximately 6,341 sq km, while Sacramento is approximately 253 sq km, making Sacramento 3.99% the size of Shanghai.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Shanghai vs. Sacramento uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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