City size comparison

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Shanghai is about 41 times bigger than Richmond.

Richmond is approximately 155 sq km, while Shanghai is approximately 6,341 sq km, making Shanghai 3,986% larger than Richmond.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Richmond vs. Shanghai uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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