City size comparison

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Shanghai is about 47 times bigger than Saint Paul.

Saint Paul is approximately 135 sq km, while Shanghai is approximately 6,341 sq km, making Shanghai 4,610% larger than Saint Paul.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Saint Paul vs. Shanghai uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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