City size comparison

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Shanghai is about 5 times bigger than Los Angeles.

Los Angeles (including the city proper only) is approximately 1,215 sq km, while Shanghai is approximately 6,341 sq km, making Shanghai 422% larger than Los Angeles.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Los Angeles vs. Shanghai uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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