Castile and León is 1.03× the size of Oaxaca
Castile and León (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 94,800 km² (36,600 mi²) and Oaxaca (state of Mexico) about 92,200 km² (35,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 94,800km²Castile and León
- 92,200km²Oaxaca
100 km
- Castile and León
- Oaxaca
What fits
- Oaxaca is 97% of the size of Castile and León.
- Castile and León is larger by 2,630 km² (1,010 mi²), which is 2.8% of the area of Oaxaca.
- Measured in Belgiums: Castile and León is about 3.09, Oaxaca about 3.00.
How they differ
- Castile and León is larger, but Oaxaca has the larger population: 4.0 million against 2.4 million, 1.66× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 43 in Oaxaca against 25 in Castile and León: Oaxaca is 1.71× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,890 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Castile and León at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Oaxaca at 17°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Castile and León as 1.69× the size of Oaxaca instead of 1.03×.
- Together Castile and León and Oaxaca cover 187,000 km², close to the size of Syria (186,000 km², 0.5% smaller).
- The gap between them, 2,630 km², is about the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km²).
- At Oaxaca's density, Castile and León would have 4.1 million people (it has 2.4 million). At Castile and León's density, Oaxaca would have 2.3 million (it has 4.0 million).
- Castile and León's centre is 24.8° of latitude, about 2,760 km, farther north than Oaxaca's.
- Castile and León is the largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 19% of its area; it is the 18th most densely populated of them.
- Oaxaca is the 5th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 4.7% of its area; it is the 23rd most densely populated of them.
- Castile and León lies about 25° of latitude (roughly 2,760 km) north of Oaxaca.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Castile and León would have about 39,690 m² and each person in Oaxaca about 23,230 m².
- Laid side by side, Castile and León and Oaxaca would cover 187,000 km², about the same size as Syria.
- Together they have 6.4 million people, about as many people as Bulgaria.
Side by side
| Castile and León | Oaxaca | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | Autonomous communitySpain | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 94,800 km²36,600 mi² | 92,200 km²35,600 mi² |
| Official area | 94,200 km²Wikidata | 93,800 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 1st of 19in Spain | 5th of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 2.4 millionWikidata, 2024 | 4.0 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 6th of 19in Spain | 10th of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 25 per km² | 43 per km² |
| Capital | – | Oaxaca de Juárez |
| Latitude range | 40°N to 43°N | 16°N to 19°N |
Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 94,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 94,800 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 93,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 92,200 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Castile and León 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