Cantabria is 9.31× the size of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
Cantabria (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 5,350 km² (2,060 mi²) and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (union territory of India) about 574 km² (222 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 5,350km²Cantabria
- 574km²Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
50 km
- Cantabria
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
What fits
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu fits inside Cantabria about 9.31 times by area.
- Cantabria is larger by 4,770 km² (1,840 mi²), which is 831% of the area of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
- Measured in Belgiums: Cantabria is about 0.17, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu about 0.02.
How they differ
- Cantabria also has the larger population: 592,000 against 586,000, 1.01× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 1,020 in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu against 111 in Cantabria: Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu is 9.22× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 7,460 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Cantabria at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu at 20°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Cantabria as 15.4× the size of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu instead of 9.31×.
- Together Cantabria and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu cover 5,920 km², close to the size of Palestine (6,070 km², 2.6% bigger).
- The gap between them, 4,770 km², is about the size of Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km²).
- At Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu's density, Cantabria would have 5.5 million people (it has 592,000). At Cantabria's density, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu would have 64,000 (it has 586,000).
- Cantabria's centre is 23.0° of latitude, about 2,560 km, farther north than Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu's.
- 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.
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu is the 33rd largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
- Cantabria lies about 23° of latitude (roughly 2,560 km) north of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Cantabria would have about 9,040 m² and each person in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu about 980 m².
- Laid side by side, Cantabria and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu would cover 5,920 km², 1.04× the size of Brunei.
- Together they have 1.2 million people, about as many people as Djibouti.
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu is drawn from 42 points: at a size under 2,500 km² the outline is a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.
Side by side
| Cantabria | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | Autonomous communitySpain | Union TerritoryIndia |
| Area, measured | 5,350 km²2,060 mi² | 574 km²222 mi² |
| Official area | 5,320 km²Wikidata | 603 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 15th of 19in Spain | 33rd of 36in India |
| Population | 592,000Wikidata, 2024 | 586,000Wikidata, 2011 |
| Rank by population | 16th of 19in Spain | 33rd of 36in India |
| Density | 111 per km² | 1,020 per km² |
| Capital | Santander | Daman |
| Latitude range | 43°N to 44°N | 20°N to 21°N |
Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2011. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 5,320 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,350 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 574 km² is 4.8% below Wikidata's official figure of 603 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
- 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
