City size comparison

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Tehran is about 9 times smaller than Shanghai.

Shanghai is approximately 6,341 sq km, while Tehran is approximately 686 sq km, making Tehran 10.82% the size of Shanghai.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Shanghai vs. Tehran uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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