Ehime is 1.05× the size of Cantabria
Ehime (prefecture of Japan) covers about 5,630 km² (2,170 mi²) and Cantabria (autonomous community of Spain) about 5,350 km² (2,060 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 5,630km²Ehime
- 5,350km²Cantabria
50 km
- Ehime
- Cantabria
What fits
- Cantabria is 95% of the size of Ehime.
- Ehime is larger by 284 km² (110 mi²), which is 5.3% of the area of Cantabria.
- Measured in Belgiums: Ehime is about 0.18, Cantabria about 0.17.
How they differ
- Ehime also has the larger population: 1.3 million against 592,000, 2.23× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 235 in Ehime against 111 in Cantabria: Ehime is 2.12× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 10,400 km apart.
- On a standard web map Cantabria looks larger than Ehime: Ehime at 34°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Cantabria at 43°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Cantabria as 1.24× the size of Ehime, when Ehime is 1.05× the size of Cantabria.
- Together Ehime and Cantabria cover 11,000 km², close to the size of Jamaica (11,000 km², 0.5% bigger).
- The gap between them, 284 km², is about the size of Saint Kitts and Nevis (264 km²).
- At Cantabria's density, Ehime would have 623,000 people (it has 1.3 million). At Ehime's density, Cantabria would have 1.3 million (it has 592,000).
- Cantabria's centre is 9.6° of latitude, about 1,070 km, farther north than Ehime's.
- Ehime is the 26th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.5% of its area; it is the 27th most densely populated of them.
- 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.
- Cantabria lies about 10° of latitude (roughly 1,070 km) north of Ehime.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Ehime would have about 4,260 m² and each person in Cantabria about 9,040 m².
- Laid side by side, Ehime and Cantabria would cover 11,000 km², about the same size as Jamaica.
- Together they have 1.9 million people, about as many people as Guinea-Bissau.
Side by side
| Ehime | Cantabria | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | PrefectureJapan | Autonomous communitySpain |
| Area, measured | 5,630 km²2,170 mi² | 5,350 km²2,060 mi² |
| Official area | 5,680 km²Wikidata | 5,320 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 26th of 47in Japan | 15th of 19in Spain |
| Population | 1.3 millionWikidata, 2021 | 592,000Wikidata, 2024 |
| Rank by population | 28th of 47in Japan | 16th of 19in Spain |
| Density | 235 per km² | 111 per km² |
| Capital | Matsuyama | Santander |
| Latitude range | 33°N to 34°N | 43°N to 44°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2024. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 5,680 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,630 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 5,320 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,350 km², to within 2%.
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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