City size comparison

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Shanghai is about 23 times bigger than Taipei.

Taipei is approximately 272 sq km, while Shanghai is approximately 6,341 sq km, making Shanghai 2,233% larger than Taipei.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Taipei vs. Shanghai uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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