City size comparison

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Shanghai is about 31 times bigger than Buenos Aires.

Buenos Aires is approximately 203 sq km, while Shanghai is approximately 6,341 sq km, making Shanghai 3,019% larger than Buenos Aires.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Buenos Aires vs. Shanghai uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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