Castilla–La Mancha is 1.24× the size of San Luis Potosí

What fits

• San Luis Potosí is 81% of the size of Castilla–La Mancha.
• Castilla–La Mancha is larger by 15,200 km² (5,870 mi²), which is 24% of the area of San Luis Potosí.
• Measured in Belgiums: Castilla–La Mancha is about 2.59, San Luis Potosí about 2.09.

How they differ

• Castilla–La Mancha is larger, but San Luis Potosí has the larger population: 2.7 million against 2.1 million, 1.29× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 42 in San Luis Potosí against 26 in Castilla–La Mancha: San Luis Potosí is 1.60× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 9,030 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Castilla–La Mancha at 40°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and San Luis Potosí at 23°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Castilla–La Mancha as 1.77× the size of San Luis Potosí instead of 1.24×.
• Together Castilla–La Mancha and San Luis Potosí 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 San Luis Potosí's density, Castilla–La Mancha would have 3.4 million people (it has 2.1 million). At Castilla–La Mancha's density, San Luis Potosí would have 1.7 million (it has 2.7 million).
• Castilla–La Mancha's centre is 17.0° of latitude, about 1,890 km, farther north than San Luis Potosí'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.
• San Luis Potosí is the 15th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.3% of its area; it is the 25th most densely populated of them.
• Castilla–La Mancha lies about 17° of latitude (roughly 1,890 km) north of San Luis Potosí.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Castilla–La Mancha would have about 37,830 m² and each person in San Luis Potosí about 23,620 m².
• Laid side by side, Castilla–La Mancha and San Luis Potosí would cover 144,000 km², about the same size as Tajikistan.
• Together they have 4.8 million people, about as many people as Oman.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2015. 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 64,200 km² is 5.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 61,000 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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