City size comparison

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Shanghai is about 35 times bigger than San Jose.

San Jose is approximately 180 sq km, while Shanghai is approximately 6,341 sq km, making Shanghai 3,423% larger than San Jose.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of San Jose vs. Shanghai uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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