Valencian Community is 1.02× the size of Chiang Mai

Valencian Community (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 23,300 km² (8,980 mi²) and Chiang Mai (province of Thailand) about 22,800 km² (8,790 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

23,300km²Valencian Community
22,800km²Chiang Mai

50 km

Valencian Community
Chiang Mai

What fits

Chiang Mai is 98% of the size of Valencian Community.
Valencian Community is larger by 507 km² (196 mi²), which is 2.2% of the area of Chiang Mai.
Measured in Belgiums: Valencian Community is about 0.76, Chiang Mai about 0.74.

How they differ

Valencian Community also has the larger population: 5.3 million against 1.8 million, 2.98× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 229 in Valencian Community against 78 in Chiang Mai: Valencian Community is 2.91× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,460 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Valencian Community at 39°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Chiang Mai at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Valencian Community as 1.53× the size of Chiang Mai instead of 1.02×.
Together Valencian Community and Chiang Mai cover 46,000 km², close to the size of Estonia (45,800 km², 0.5% smaller).
The gap between them, 507 km², is about the size of Singapore (511 km²).
At Chiang Mai's density, Valencian Community would have 1.8 million people (it has 5.3 million). At Valencian Community's density, Chiang Mai would have 5.2 million (it has 1.8 million).
Valencian Community's centre is 20.6° of latitude, about 2,290 km, farther north than Chiang Mai's.
Valencian Community is the 8th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 4.6% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
Chiang Mai is the largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 4.4% of its area; it is the 64th most densely populated of them.
Valencian Community lies about 21° of latitude (roughly 2,290 km) north of Chiang Mai.
Shared out evenly, each person in Valencian Community would have about 4,380 m² and each person in Chiang Mai about 12,750 m².
Laid side by side, Valencian Community and Chiang Mai would cover 46,000 km², about the same size as Estonia.
Together they have 7.1 million people, about as many people as Kyrgyzstan.

Side by side

	Valencian Community	Chiang Mai
Is a	Autonomous communitySpain	ProvinceThailand
Area, measured	23,300 km²8,980 mi²	22,800 km²8,790 mi²
Official area	23,300 km²Wikidata	22,300 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	8th of 19in Spain	1st of 77in Thailand
Population	5.3 millionWikidata, 2024	1.8 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	4th of 19in Spain	5th of 77in Thailand
Density	229 per km²	78 per km²
Capital	Valencia	Chiang Mai
Latitude range	38°N to 41°N	17°N to 20°N

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 23,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 23,300 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 22,800 km² is 2.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 22,300 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 Valencian Community 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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