City size comparison

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Shanghai is about 15 times bigger than Venice.

Venice is approximately 415 sq km, while Shanghai is approximately 6,341 sq km, making Shanghai 1,430% larger than Venice.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Venice vs. Shanghai uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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