Sakon Nakhon is 1.01× the size of Marche

Sakon Nakhon (province of Thailand) covers about 9,560 km² (3,690 mi²) and Marche (region of Italy) about 9,450 km² (3,650 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

9,560km²Sakon Nakhon
9,450km²Marche

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Sakon Nakhon
Marche

What fits

Marche is 99% of the size of Sakon Nakhon.
Sakon Nakhon is larger by 105 km² (40.6 mi²), which is 1.1% of the area of Marche.
Measured in Belgiums: Sakon Nakhon is about 0.31, Marche about 0.31.

How they differ

Sakon Nakhon is larger, but Marche has the larger population: 1.5 million against 1.1 million, 1.33× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 161 in Marche against 120 in Sakon Nakhon: Marche is 1.34× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,750 km apart.
On a standard web map Marche looks larger than Sakon Nakhon: Sakon Nakhon at 17°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Marche at 43°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Marche as 1.70× the size of Sakon Nakhon, when Sakon Nakhon is 1.01× the size of Marche.
Together Sakon Nakhon and Marche cover 19,000 km², close to the size of Fiji (18,900 km², 0.4% smaller).
The gap between them, 105 km², is about the size of Maldives (109 km²).
At Marche's density, Sakon Nakhon would have 1.5 million people (it has 1.1 million). At Sakon Nakhon's density, Marche would have 1.1 million (it has 1.5 million).
Marche's centre is 26.0° of latitude, about 2,890 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.
Marche is the 15th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 3.1% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
Marche lies about 26° of latitude (roughly 2,890 km) north of Sakon Nakhon.
Shared out evenly, each person in Sakon Nakhon would have about 8,330 m² and each person in Marche about 6,210 m².
Laid side by side, Sakon Nakhon and Marche would cover 19,000 km², about the same size as Fiji.
Together they have 2.7 million people, about as many people as Jamaica.

Side by side

	Sakon Nakhon	Marche
Is a	ProvinceThailand	RegionItaly
Area, measured	9,560 km²3,690 mi²	9,450 km²3,650 mi²
Official area	9,610 km²Wikidata	9,690 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	20th of 77in Thailand	15th of 20in Italy
Population	1.1 millionWikidata, 2020	1.5 millionWikidata, 2019
Rank by population	18th of 77in Thailand	13th of 20in Italy
Density	120 per km²	161 per km²
Capital	Sakon Nakhon	Ancona
Latitude range	17°N to 18°N	43°N to 44°N

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2019. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 9,610 km² agrees with our measured area of 9,560 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 9,450 km² is 2.5% below Wikidata's official figure of 9,690 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. The outline of Marche 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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