City size comparison

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Shanghai is about 21 times bigger than Durham.

Durham (map shows its 228 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 308 sq km, while Shanghai is approximately 6,341 sq km, making Shanghai 1,960% larger than Durham.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Durham vs. Shanghai uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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