Maha Sarakham is 1.04× the size of Liguria

Maha Sarakham (province of Thailand) covers about 5,740 km² (2,210 mi²) and Liguria (region of Italy) about 5,490 km² (2,120 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

5,740km²Maha Sarakham
5,490km²Liguria

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Maha Sarakham
Liguria

What fits

Liguria is 96% of the size of Maha Sarakham.
Maha Sarakham is larger by 245 km² (94.7 mi²), which is 4.5% of the area of Liguria.
Measured in Belgiums: Maha Sarakham is about 0.19, Liguria about 0.18.

How they differ

Maha Sarakham is larger, but Liguria has the larger population: 1.6 million against 954,000, 1.63× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 282 in Liguria against 166 in Maha Sarakham: Liguria is 1.70× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,120 km apart.
On a standard web map Liguria looks larger than Maha Sarakham: Maha Sarakham at 16°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Liguria at 44°N about 2.0×, so the map shows Liguria as 1.72× the size of Maha Sarakham, when Maha Sarakham is 1.04× the size of Liguria.
Together Maha Sarakham and Liguria cover 11,200 km², close to the size of Qatar (11,200 km², 0.7% smaller).
The gap between them, 245 km², is about the size of Saint Kitts and Nevis (264 km²).
At Liguria's density, Maha Sarakham would have 1.6 million people (it has 954,000). At Maha Sarakham's density, Liguria would have 913,000 (it has 1.6 million).
Liguria's centre is 28.3° of latitude, about 3,140 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.
Liguria is the 18th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 1.8% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
Liguria lies about 28° of latitude (roughly 3,140 km) north of Maha Sarakham.
Shared out evenly, each person in Maha Sarakham would have about 6,020 m² and each person in Liguria about 3,540 m².
Laid side by side, Maha Sarakham and Liguria would cover 11,200 km², about the same size as Qatar.
Together they have 2.5 million people, about as many people as Botswana.

Side by side

	Maha Sarakham	Liguria
Is a	ProvinceThailand	RegionItaly
Area, measured	5,740 km²2,210 mi²	5,490 km²2,120 mi²
Official area	5,290 km²Wikidata	5,420 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	38th of 77in Thailand	18th of 20in Italy
Population	954,000Wikidata, 2020	1.6 millionWikidata, 2019
Rank by population	24th of 77in Thailand	12th of 20in Italy
Density	166 per km²	282 per km²
Capital	Maha Sarakham	Genoa
Latitude range	15°N to 17°N	44°N to 45°N

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2019. 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 5,420 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,490 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 Liguria 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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