City size comparison

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Shanghai is about 26 times bigger than Marseille.

Marseille is approximately 241 sq km, while Shanghai is approximately 6,341 sq km, making Shanghai 2,535% larger than Marseille.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Marseille vs. Shanghai uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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