Sakon Nakhon is 2.32× the size of Ishikawa

What fits

• Ishikawa fits inside Sakon Nakhon about 2.32 times by area.
• Sakon Nakhon is larger by 5,440 km² (2,100 mi²), which is 132% of the area of Ishikawa.
• Measured in Belgiums: Sakon Nakhon is about 0.31, Ishikawa about 0.13.

How they differ

• Sakon Nakhon also has the larger population: 1.1 million against 1.1 million, 1.01× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 275 in Ishikawa against 120 in Sakon Nakhon: Ishikawa is 2.29× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 3,880 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Sakon Nakhon at 17°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Ishikawa at 37°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Sakon Nakhon as 1.64× the size of Ishikawa instead of 2.32×.
• Together Sakon Nakhon and Ishikawa cover 13,700 km², close to the size of Montenegro (13,700 km², 0.4% bigger).
• The gap between them, 5,440 km², is about the size of Cyprus (5,400 km²).
• At Ishikawa's density, Sakon Nakhon would have 2.6 million people (it has 1.1 million). At Sakon Nakhon's density, Ishikawa would have 494,000 (it has 1.1 million).
• Ishikawa's centre is 19.4° of latitude, about 2,160 km, farther north than Sakon Nakhon's.
• Sakon Nakhon is the 20th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 1.9% of its area; it is the 41st most densely populated of them.
• Ishikawa is the 36th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 23rd most densely populated of them.
• Ishikawa lies about 19° of latitude (roughly 2,160 km) north of Sakon Nakhon.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Sakon Nakhon would have about 8,330 m² and each person in Ishikawa about 3,630 m².
• Laid side by side, Sakon Nakhon and Ishikawa would cover 13,700 km², about the same size as Montenegro.
• Together they have 2.3 million people, 95% as many people as Moldova.

Side by side

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

• Wikidata's official figure of 9,610 km² agrees with our measured area of 9,560 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 4,190 km² agrees with our measured area of 4,110 km², to within 2%.

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