City size comparison

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Shanghai is about 10 times bigger than Jakarta.

Jakarta is approximately 662 sq km, while Shanghai is approximately 6,341 sq km, making Shanghai 858% larger than Jakarta.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Jakarta vs. Shanghai uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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