Kagoshima is 1.04× the size of Umbria
Kagoshima (prefecture of Japan) covers about 8,850 km² (3,420 mi²) and Umbria (region of Italy) about 8,500 km² (3,280 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 8,850km²Kagoshima
- 8,500km²Umbria
100 km
- Kagoshima
- Umbria
What fits
- Umbria is 96% of the size of Kagoshima.
- Kagoshima is larger by 352 km² (136 mi²), which is 4.1% of the area of Umbria.
- Measured in Belgiums: Kagoshima is about 0.29, Umbria about 0.28.
How they differ
- Kagoshima also has the larger population: 1.6 million against 882,000, 1.80× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 179 in Kagoshima against 104 in Umbria: Kagoshima is 1.73× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,640 km apart.
- On a standard web map Umbria looks larger than Kagoshima: Kagoshima at 31°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Umbria at 43°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Umbria as 1.32× the size of Kagoshima, when Kagoshima is 1.04× the size of Umbria.
- Together Kagoshima and Umbria cover 17,400 km², close to the size of Kuwait (17,500 km², 0.7% bigger).
- The gap between them, 352 km², is about the size of Grenada (347 km²).
- At Umbria's density, Kagoshima would have 919,000 people (it has 1.6 million). At Kagoshima's density, Umbria would have 1.5 million (it has 882,000).
- Umbria's centre is 11.9° of latitude, about 1,330 km, farther north than Kagoshima's.
- Kagoshima is the 10th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.4% of its area; it is the 32nd most densely populated of them.
- Umbria is the 16th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 2.8% of its area; it is the 15th most densely populated of them.
- Umbria lies about 12° of latitude (roughly 1,330 km) north of Kagoshima.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Kagoshima would have about 5,580 m² and each person in Umbria about 9,640 m².
- Laid side by side, Kagoshima and Umbria would cover 17,400 km², about the same size as Kuwait.
- Together they have 2.5 million people, about as many people as Botswana.
Side by side
| Kagoshima | Umbria | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | PrefectureJapan | RegionItaly |
| Area, measured | 8,850 km²3,420 mi² | 8,500 km²3,280 mi² |
| Official area | 9,130 km²Wikidata | 8,460 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 10th of 47in Japan | 16th of 20in Italy |
| Population | 1.6 millionWikidata, 2021 | 882,000Wikidata, 2019 |
| Rank by population | 24th of 47in Japan | 17th of 20in Italy |
| Density | 179 per km² | 104 per km² |
| Capital | Kagoshima | Perugia |
| Latitude range | 27°N to 32°N | 42°N to 44°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2019. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 8,850 km² is 3.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 9,130 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Wikidata's official figure of 8,460 km² agrees with our measured area of 8,500 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 Umbria 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