Shiga is 1.04× the size of Tlaxcala
Shiga (prefecture of Japan) covers about 4,010 km² (1,550 mi²) and Tlaxcala (state of Mexico) about 3,870 km² (1,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 4,010km²Shiga
- 3,870km²Tlaxcala
20 km
- Shiga
- Tlaxcala
What fits
- Tlaxcala is 97% of the size of Shiga.
- Shiga is larger by 136 km² (52.6 mi²), which is 3.5% of the area of Tlaxcala.
- Measured in Belgiums: Shiga is about 0.13, Tlaxcala about 0.13.
How they differ
- Shiga also has the larger population: 1.4 million against 1.3 million, 1.11× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 352 in Shiga against 329 in Tlaxcala: Shiga is 1.07× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 11,700 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Shiga at 35°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Tlaxcala at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Shiga as 1.38× the size of Tlaxcala instead of 1.04×.
- Together Shiga and Tlaxcala cover 7,880 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 27% bigger).
- The gap between them, 136 km², is about the size of Liechtenstein (137 km²).
- At Tlaxcala's density, Shiga would have 1.3 million people (it has 1.4 million). At Shiga's density, Tlaxcala would have 1.4 million (it has 1.3 million).
- Shiga's centre is 15.8° of latitude, about 1,750 km, farther north than Tlaxcala's.
- Shiga is the 37th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 14th most densely populated of them.
- Tlaxcala is the 31st largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 0.2% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
- Shiga lies about 16° of latitude (roughly 1,750 km) north of Tlaxcala.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Shiga would have about 2,840 m² and each person in Tlaxcala about 3,040 m².
- Laid side by side, Shiga and Tlaxcala would cover 7,880 km², 79% of the size of Lebanon.
- Together they have 2.7 million people, about as many people as Jamaica.
Side by side
| Shiga | Tlaxcala | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | PrefectureJapan | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 4,010 km²1,550 mi² | 3,870 km²1,500 mi² |
| Official area | 4,020 km²Wikidata | 3,990 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 37th of 47in Japan | 31st of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 1.4 millionWikidata, 2021 | 1.3 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 26th of 47in Japan | 28th of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 352 per km² | 329 per km² |
| Capital | Otsu | Tlaxcala de Xicoténcatl |
| Latitude range | 35°N to 36°N | 19°N to 20°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 4,020 km² agrees with our measured area of 4,010 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 3,870 km² is 3.0% below Wikidata's official figure of 3,990 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