Maha Sarakham is 3.10× the size of Kagawa
Maha Sarakham (province of Thailand) covers about 5,740 km² (2,210 mi²) and Kagawa (prefecture of Japan) about 1,850 km² (716 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 5,740km²Maha Sarakham
- 1,850km²Kagawa
20 km
- Maha Sarakham
- Kagawa
What fits
- Kagawa fits inside Maha Sarakham about 3.10 times by area.
- Maha Sarakham is larger by 3,880 km² (1,500 mi²), which is 210% of the area of Kagawa.
- Measured in Belgiums: Maha Sarakham is about 0.19, Kagawa about 0.06.
How they differ
- Maha Sarakham also has the larger population: 954,000 against 949,000, 1.00× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 512 in Kagawa against 166 in Maha Sarakham: Kagawa is 3.08× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 3,680 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Maha Sarakham at 16°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Kagawa at 34°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Maha Sarakham as 2.29× the size of Kagawa instead of 3.10×.
- Together Maha Sarakham and Kagawa cover 7,590 km², close to the size of Palestine (6,070 km², 20% smaller).
- The gap between them, 3,880 km², is about the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
- At Kagawa's density, Maha Sarakham would have 2.9 million people (it has 954,000). At Maha Sarakham's density, Kagawa would have 308,000 (it has 949,000).
- Kagawa's centre is 18.2° of latitude, about 2,030 km, farther north than Maha Sarakham's.
- Maha Sarakham is the 38th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 20th most densely populated of them.
- Kagawa is the 47th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 0.5% of its area; it is the 11th most densely populated of them.
- Kagawa lies about 18° of latitude (roughly 2,030 km) north of Maha Sarakham.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Maha Sarakham would have about 6,020 m² and each person in Kagawa about 1,950 m².
- Laid side by side, Maha Sarakham and Kagawa would cover 7,590 km², 76% of the size of Lebanon.
- Together they have 1.9 million people, about as many people as Guinea-Bissau.
- Kagawa is drawn from 94 points: at a size under 2,500 km² the outline is a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.
Side by side
| Maha Sarakham | Kagawa | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | ProvinceThailand | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 5,740 km²2,210 mi² | 1,850 km²716 mi² |
| Official area | 5,290 km²Wikidata | 1,860 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 38th of 77in Thailand | 47th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 954,000Wikidata, 2020 | 949,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 24th of 77in Thailand | 38th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 166 per km² | 512 per km² |
| Capital | Maha Sarakham | Takamatsu |
| Latitude range | 15°N to 17°N | 34°N to 35°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 5,740 km² is 8.4% above Wikidata's official figure of 5,290 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 1,860 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,850 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