Tamaulipas and Castilla–La Mancha are almost exactly the same size

What fits

• Castilla–La Mancha is 100% of the size of Tamaulipas.
• The measured areas differ by 174 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
• Measured in Belgiums: Tamaulipas is about 2.59, Castilla–La Mancha about 2.59.

How they differ

• Tamaulipas also has the larger population: 3.4 million against 2.1 million, 1.64× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 43 in Tamaulipas against 26 in Castilla–La Mancha: Tamaulipas is 1.64× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 8,770 km apart.
• On a standard web map Castilla–La Mancha looks larger than Tamaulipas: Tamaulipas at 24°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Castilla–La Mancha at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Castilla–La Mancha as 1.40× the size of Tamaulipas, when Tamaulipas is 1.00× the size of Castilla–La Mancha.
• Together Tamaulipas and Castilla–La Mancha cover 159,000 km², close to the size of Tunisia (157,000 km², 1.5% smaller).
• At Castilla–La Mancha's density, Tamaulipas would have 2.1 million people (it has 3.4 million). At Tamaulipas's density, Castilla–La Mancha would have 3.4 million (it has 2.1 million).
• Castilla–La Mancha's centre is 15.3° of latitude, about 1,700 km, farther north than Tamaulipas's.
• Tamaulipas is the 7th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 4.1% of its area; it is the 22nd most densely populated of them.
• Castilla–La Mancha is the 3rd largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 16% of its area; it is the 17th most densely populated of them.
• Castilla–La Mancha lies about 15° of latitude (roughly 1,700 km) north of Tamaulipas.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Tamaulipas would have about 23,120 m² and each person in Castilla–La Mancha about 37,830 m².
• Laid side by side, Tamaulipas and Castilla–La Mancha would cover 159,000 km², about the same size as Tunisia.
• Together they have 5.5 million people, about as many people as Norway.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2024. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 80,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 79,600 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 79,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 79,400 km², to within 2%.

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