Castilla–La Mancha is 1.27× the size of West Virginia

Castilla–La Mancha (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 79,400 km² (30,700 mi²) and West Virginia (state of the United States) about 62,700 km² (24,200 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

79,400km²Castilla–La Mancha
62,700km²West Virginia

100 km

Castilla–La Mancha
West Virginia

What fits

West Virginia is 79% of the size of Castilla–La Mancha.
Castilla–La Mancha is larger by 16,700 km² (6,440 mi²), which is 27% of the area of West Virginia.
Measured in Belgiums: Castilla–La Mancha is about 2.59, West Virginia about 2.05.

How they differ

Castilla–La Mancha also has the larger population: 2.1 million against 1.8 million, 1.17× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 29 in West Virginia against 26 in Castilla–La Mancha: West Virginia is 1.08× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 6,470 km apart.
Together Castilla–La Mancha and West Virginia cover 142,000 km², close to the size of Tajikistan (142,000 km², 0.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 16,700 km², is about the size of Eswatini (17,100 km²).
At West Virginia's density, Castilla–La Mancha would have 2.3 million people (it has 2.1 million). At Castilla–La Mancha's density, West Virginia would have 1.7 million (it has 1.8 million).
Castilla–La Mancha's centre is 0.9° of latitude, about 100 km, farther north than West Virginia'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.
West Virginia is the 41st largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 30th most densely populated of them.
Both lie at about the same latitude, 40°N and 39°N.
Shared out evenly, each person in Castilla–La Mancha would have about 37,830 m² and each person in West Virginia about 34,980 m².
Laid side by side, Castilla–La Mancha and West Virginia would cover 142,000 km², about the same size as Tajikistan.
Together they have 3.9 million people, about as many people as Croatia.

Side by side

	Castilla–La Mancha	West Virginia
Is a	Autonomous communitySpain	StateUnited States
Area, measured	79,400 km²30,700 mi²	62,700 km²24,200 mi²
Official area	79,500 km²Wikidata	62,800 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	3rd of 19in Spain	41st of 51in the United States
Population	2.1 millionWikidata, 2024	1.8 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	9th of 19in Spain	39th of 51in the United States
Density	26 per km²	29 per km²
Capital	Toledo	Charleston
Latitude range	38°N to 41°N	37°N to 41°N

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 79,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 79,400 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 62,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 62,700 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 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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