Satun is 1.04× the size of Saga
Satun (province of Thailand) covers about 2,540 km² (981 mi²) and Saga (prefecture of Japan) about 2,450 km² (945 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 2,540km²Satun
- 2,450km²Saga
20 km
- Satun
- Saga
What fits
- Saga is 96% of the size of Satun.
- Satun is larger by 92.5 km² (35.7 mi²), which is 3.8% of the area of Saga.
- Measured in Belgiums: Satun is about 0.08, Saga about 0.08.
How they differ
- Satun is larger, but Saga has the larger population: 810,000 against 324,000, 2.50× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 331 in Saga against 128 in Satun: Saga is 2.59× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 4,280 km apart.
- On a standard web map Saga looks larger than Satun: Satun at 7°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Saga at 33°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Saga as 1.36× the size of Satun, when Satun is 1.04× the size of Saga.
- Together Satun and Saga cover 4,990 km², close to the size of Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km², 2.7% bigger).
- The gap between them, 92.5 km², is about the size of Maldives (109 km²).
- At Saga's density, Satun would have 840,000 people (it has 324,000). At Satun's density, Saga would have 312,000 (it has 810,000).
- Saga's centre is 26.4° of latitude, about 2,940 km, farther north than Satun's.
- Satun is the 63rd largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 0.5% of its area; it is the 36th most densely populated of them.
- Saga is the 42nd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 17th most densely populated of them.
- Saga lies about 26° of latitude (roughly 2,940 km) north of Satun.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Satun would have about 7,840 m² and each person in Saga about 3,020 m².
- Laid side by side, Satun and Saga would cover 4,990 km², about the same size as Trinidad and Tobago.
- Together they have 1.1 million people, about as many people as Djibouti.
- Saga is drawn from 74 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
| Satun | Saga | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | ProvinceThailand | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 2,540 km²981 mi² | 2,450 km²945 mi² |
| Official area | 2,480 km²Wikidata | 2,440 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 63rd of 77in Thailand | 42nd of 47in Japan |
| Population | 324,000Wikidata, 2020 | 810,000Wikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 68th of 77in Thailand | 41st of 47in Japan |
| Density | 128 per km² | 331 per km² |
| Capital | Satun | Saga |
| Latitude range | 6°N to 7°N | 33°N to 34°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 2,540 km² is 2.4% above Wikidata's official figure of 2,480 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Wikidata's official figure of 2,440 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,450 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