Castilla–La Mancha is 1.24× the size of Ladakh

Castilla–La Mancha (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 79,400 km² (30,700 mi²) and Ladakh (union territory of India) about 64,300 km² (24,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

79,400km²Castilla–La Mancha
64,300km²Ladakh

100 km

Castilla–La Mancha
Ladakh

Ladakh: Part of this region's boundary is disputed with China and Pakistan. Size Versus draws Natural Earth's de facto outline, the boundary as it is held on the ground, and takes no position on it.

What fits

Ladakh is 81% of the size of Castilla–La Mancha.
Castilla–La Mancha is larger by 15,200 km² (5,850 mi²), which is 24% of the area of Ladakh.
Measured in Belgiums: Castilla–La Mancha is about 2.59, Ladakh about 2.10.

How they differ

Castilla–La Mancha also has the larger population: 2.1 million against 274,000, 7.65× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 26 in Castilla–La Mancha against 4.3 in Ladakh: Castilla–La Mancha is 6.19× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 6,970 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Castilla–La Mancha at 40°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Ladakh at 34°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Castilla–La Mancha as 1.43× the size of Ladakh instead of 1.24×.
Together Castilla–La Mancha and Ladakh cover 144,000 km², close to the size of Tajikistan (142,000 km², 1.0% smaller).
The gap between them, 15,200 km², is about the size of East Timor (15,100 km²).
At Ladakh's density, Castilla–La Mancha would have 339,000 people (it has 2.1 million). At Castilla–La Mancha's density, Ladakh would have 1.7 million (it has 274,000).
Castilla–La Mancha's centre is 5.7° of latitude, about 630 km, farther north than Ladakh's.
Castilla–La Mancha is the 3rd largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 16% of its area; it is the 17th most densely populated of them.
Ladakh is the 17th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 2.0% of its area; it is the 36th most densely populated of them.
Castilla–La Mancha lies about 6° of latitude (roughly 634 km) north of Ladakh.
Shared out evenly, each person in Castilla–La Mancha would have about 37,830 m² and each person in Ladakh about 234,260 m².
Laid side by side, Castilla–La Mancha and Ladakh would cover 144,000 km², about the same size as Tajikistan.
Together they have 2.4 million people, about as many people as Moldova.

Side by side

	Castilla–La Mancha	Ladakh
Is a	Autonomous communitySpain	Union TerritoryIndia
Area, measured	79,400 km²30,700 mi²	64,300 km²24,800 mi²
Official area	79,500 km²Wikidata	59,200 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	3rd of 19in Spain	17th of 36in India
Population	2.1 millionWikidata, 2024	274,000Wikidata, 2011
Rank by population	9th of 19in Spain	35th of 36in India
Density	26 per km²	4.3 per km²
Capital	Toledo	Leh; Kargil
Latitude range	38°N to 41°N	32°N to 35°N

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2011. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 79,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 79,400 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 64,300 km² is 8.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 59,200 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Castilla–La Mancha 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

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