Shaanxi is 1.03× the size of South Dakota

What fits

• South Dakota is 97% of the size of Shaanxi.
• Shaanxi is larger by 6,430 km² (2,480 mi²), which is 3.2% of the area of South Dakota.
• Measured in Belgiums: Shaanxi is about 6.71, South Dakota about 6.50.

How they differ

• Shaanxi also has the larger population: 39.5 million against 887,000, 44.6× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 192 in Shaanxi against 4.4 in South Dakota: Shaanxi is 43.2× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 10,700 km apart.
• On a standard web map South Dakota looks larger than Shaanxi: Shaanxi at 35°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and South Dakota at 44°N about 2.0×, so the map shows South Dakota as 1.27× the size of Shaanxi, when Shaanxi is 1.03× the size of South Dakota.
• Together Shaanxi and South Dakota cover 405,000 km², close to the size of Paraguay (400,000 km², 1.3% smaller).
• The gap between them, 6,430 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
• At South Dakota's density, Shaanxi would have 915,000 people (it has 39.5 million). At Shaanxi's density, South Dakota would have 38.3 million (it has 887,000).
• South Dakota's centre is 9.3° of latitude, about 1,040 km, farther north than Shaanxi's.
• Shaanxi is the 11th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 2.2% of its area; it is the 21st most densely populated of them.
• South Dakota is the 17th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 2.1% of its area; it is the 47th most densely populated of them.
• South Dakota lies about 9° of latitude (roughly 1,040 km) north of Shaanxi.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Shaanxi would have about 5,200 m² and each person in South Dakota about 224,780 m².
• Laid side by side, Shaanxi and South Dakota would cover 405,000 km², about the same size as Paraguay.
• Together they have 40.4 million people, about as many people as Sudan.

Side by side

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

• Wikidata's official figure of 206,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 206,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 200,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 199,000 km², to within 2%.

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