City size comparison

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Shanghai is about 50 times bigger than Salem.

Salem (map shows its 1 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 127 sq km, while Shanghai is approximately 6,341 sq km, making Shanghai 4,902% larger than Salem.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Salem vs. Shanghai uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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