Mae Hong Son is 1.20× the size of Murcia

What fits

• Murcia is 83% of the size of Mae Hong Son.
• Mae Hong Son is larger by 2,280 km² (882 mi²), which is 20% of the area of Murcia.
• Measured in Belgiums: Mae Hong Son is about 0.44, Murcia about 0.37.

How they differ

• Mae Hong Son is larger, but Murcia has the larger population: 1.6 million against 285,000, 5.52× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 139 in Murcia against 21 in Mae Hong Son: Murcia is 6.64× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 9,530 km apart.
• On a standard web map Murcia looks larger than Mae Hong Son: Mae Hong Son at 19°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Murcia at 38°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Murcia as 1.20× the size of Mae Hong Son, when Mae Hong Son is 1.20× the size of Murcia.
• Together Mae Hong Son and Murcia cover 24,900 km², close to the size of Rwanda (25,300 km², 1.6% bigger).
• The gap between them, 2,280 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
• At Murcia's density, Mae Hong Son would have 1.9 million people (it has 285,000). At Mae Hong Son's density, Murcia would have 237,000 (it has 1.6 million).
• Murcia's centre is 19.3° of latitude, about 2,140 km, farther north than Mae Hong Son's.
• Mae Hong Son is the 6th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 2.6% of its area; it is the 77th most densely populated of them.
• Murcia is the 9th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 2.2% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
• Murcia lies about 19° of latitude (roughly 2,140 km) north of Mae Hong Son.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Mae Hong Son would have about 47,770 m² and each person in Murcia about 7,190 m².
• Laid side by side, Mae Hong Son and Murcia would cover 24,900 km², about the same size as Rwanda.
• Together they have 1.9 million people, about as many people as Guinea-Bissau.

Side by side

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

• Our measured 13,600 km² is 7.2% above Wikidata's official figure of 12,700 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
• Wikidata's official figure of 11,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 11,300 km², to within 2%.

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