City size comparison

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Shanghai is about 35 times bigger than Milan.

Milan is approximately 182 sq km, while Shanghai is approximately 6,341 sq km, making Shanghai 3,389% larger than Milan.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Milan vs. Shanghai uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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