Murcia is 1.28× the size of Kagoshima
Murcia (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 11,300 km² (4,370 mi²) and Kagoshima (prefecture of Japan) about 8,850 km² (3,420 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 11,300km²Murcia
- 8,850km²Kagoshima
100 km
- Murcia
- Kagoshima
What fits
- Kagoshima is 78% of the size of Murcia.
- Murcia is larger by 2,460 km² (949 mi²), which is 28% of the area of Kagoshima.
- Measured in Belgiums: Murcia is about 0.37, Kagoshima about 0.29.
How they differ
- Murcia is larger, but Kagoshima has the larger population: 1.6 million against 1.6 million, 1.01× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 179 in Kagoshima against 139 in Murcia: Kagoshima is 1.29× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 10,900 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Murcia at 38°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Kagoshima at 31°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Murcia as 1.51× the size of Kagoshima instead of 1.28×.
- Together Murcia and Kagoshima cover 20,200 km², close to the size of Slovenia (20,300 km², 0.8% bigger).
- The gap between them, 2,460 km², is about the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km²).
- At Kagoshima's density, Murcia would have 2.0 million people (it has 1.6 million). At Murcia's density, Kagoshima would have 1.2 million (it has 1.6 million).
- Murcia's centre is 7.0° of latitude, about 780 km, farther north than Kagoshima's.
- 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.
- 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.
- Murcia lies about 7° of latitude (roughly 776 km) north of Kagoshima.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Murcia would have about 7,190 m² and each person in Kagoshima about 5,580 m².
- Laid side by side, Murcia and Kagoshima would cover 20,200 km², about the same size as Slovenia.
- Together they have 3.2 million people, 1.08× as many people as Armenia.
Side by side
| Murcia | Kagoshima | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | Autonomous communitySpain | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 11,300 km²4,370 mi² | 8,850 km²3,420 mi² |
| Official area | 11,300 km²Wikidata | 9,130 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 9th of 19in Spain | 10th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 1.6 millionWikidata, 2024 | 1.6 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 10th of 19in Spain | 24th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 139 per km² | 179 per km² |
| Capital | Murcia City | Kagoshima |
| Latitude range | 37°N to 39°N | 27°N to 32°N |
Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 11,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 11,300 km², to within 2%.
- 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.
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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