Aguascalientes is 1.04× the size of Cantabria
Aguascalientes (state of Mexico) covers about 5,550 km² (2,140 mi²) and Cantabria (autonomous community of Spain) about 5,350 km² (2,060 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 5,550km²Aguascalientes
- 5,350km²Cantabria
20 km
- Aguascalientes
- Cantabria
What fits
- Cantabria is 96% of the size of Aguascalientes.
- Aguascalientes is larger by 200 km² (77.3 mi²), which is 3.7% of the area of Cantabria.
- Measured in Belgiums: Aguascalientes is about 0.18, Cantabria about 0.17.
How they differ
- Aguascalientes also has the larger population: 1.3 million against 592,000, 2.22× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 237 in Aguascalientes against 111 in Cantabria: Aguascalientes is 2.14× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,990 km apart.
- On a standard web map Cantabria looks larger than Aguascalientes: Aguascalientes at 22°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Cantabria at 43°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Cantabria as 1.56× the size of Aguascalientes, when Aguascalientes is 1.04× the size of Cantabria.
- Together Aguascalientes and Cantabria cover 10,900 km², close to the size of Kosovo (10,900 km², 0.2% bigger).
- The gap between them, 200 km², is about the size of Aruba (170 km²).
- At Cantabria's density, Aguascalientes would have 614,000 people (it has 1.3 million). At Aguascalientes's density, Cantabria would have 1.3 million (it has 592,000).
- Cantabria's centre is 21.2° of latitude, about 2,350 km, farther north than Aguascalientes's.
- Aguascalientes is the 29th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
- Cantabria is the 15th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
- Cantabria lies about 21° of latitude (roughly 2,350 km) north of Aguascalientes.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Aguascalientes would have about 4,230 m² and each person in Cantabria about 9,040 m².
- Laid side by side, Aguascalientes and Cantabria would cover 10,900 km², about the same size as Jamaica.
- Together they have 1.9 million people, about as many people as Guinea-Bissau.
Side by side
| Aguascalientes | Cantabria | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateMexico | Autonomous communitySpain |
| Area, measured | 5,550 km²2,140 mi² | 5,350 km²2,060 mi² |
| Official area | 5,620 km²Wikidata | 5,320 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 29th of 32in Mexico | 15th of 19in Spain |
| Population | 1.3 millionWikidata, 2015 | 592,000Wikidata, 2024 |
| Rank by population | 27th of 32in Mexico | 16th of 19in Spain |
| Density | 237 per km² | 111 per km² |
| Capital | Aguascalientes City | Santander |
| Latitude range | 22°N to 22°N | 43°N to 44°N |
Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2024. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 5,620 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,550 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 5,320 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,350 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
- 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