Abruzzo is 2.73× the size of Nagasaki
Abruzzo (region of Italy) covers about 10,900 km² (4,210 mi²) and Nagasaki (prefecture of Japan) about 3,990 km² (1,540 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 10,900km²Abruzzo
- 3,990km²Nagasaki
50 km
- Abruzzo
- Nagasaki
What fits
- Nagasaki fits inside Abruzzo about 2.73 times by area.
- Abruzzo is larger by 6,900 km² (2,660 mi²), which is 173% of the area of Nagasaki.
- Measured in Belgiums: Abruzzo is about 0.36, Nagasaki about 0.13.
How they differ
- Abruzzo also has the larger population: 1.3 million against 1.3 million, 1.00× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 328 in Nagasaki against 120 in Abruzzo: Nagasaki is 2.73× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,370 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Abruzzo at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Nagasaki at 33°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Abruzzo as 3.48× the size of Nagasaki instead of 2.73×.
- Together Abruzzo and Nagasaki cover 14,900 km², close to the size of East Timor (15,100 km², 1.3% bigger).
- The gap between them, 6,900 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
- At Nagasaki's density, Abruzzo would have 3.6 million people (it has 1.3 million). At Abruzzo's density, Nagasaki would have 479,000 (it has 1.3 million).
- Abruzzo's centre is 9.0° of latitude, about 1,000 km, farther north than Nagasaki's.
- Abruzzo is the 13th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 3.6% of its area; it is the 14th most densely populated of them.
- Nagasaki is the 38th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 18th most densely populated of them.
- Abruzzo lies about 9° of latitude (roughly 1,000 km) north of Nagasaki.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Abruzzo would have about 8,320 m² and each person in Nagasaki about 3,050 m².
- Laid side by side, Abruzzo and Nagasaki would cover 14,900 km², about the same size as East Timor.
- Together they have 2.6 million people, about as many people as Qatar.
Side by side
| Abruzzo | Nagasaki | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionItaly | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 10,900 km²4,210 mi² | 3,990 km²1,540 mi² |
| Official area | 10,800 km²Wikidata | 4,110 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 13th of 20in Italy | 38th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 1.3 millionWikidata, 2019 | 1.3 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 14th of 20in Italy | 30th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 120 per km² | 328 per km² |
| Capital | L'Aquila | Nagasaki |
| Latitude range | 42°N to 43°N | 33°N to 35°N |
Population: Wikidata 2019 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 10,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 10,900 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 3,990 km² is 2.8% below Wikidata's official figure of 4,110 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Abruzzo is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
- Drawing
- Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12