City size comparison

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Shanghai is about 9 times bigger than El Paso.

El Paso is approximately 670 sq km, while Shanghai is approximately 6,341 sq km, making Shanghai 846% larger than El Paso.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of El Paso vs. Shanghai uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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