Valencian Community is 1.09× the size of Hidalgo

Valencian Community (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 23,300 km² (8,980 mi²) and Hidalgo (state of Mexico) about 21,300 km² (8,230 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

23,300km²Valencian Community
21,300km²Hidalgo

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Valencian Community
Hidalgo

What fits

Hidalgo is 92% of the size of Valencian Community.
Valencian Community is larger by 1,960 km² (758 mi²), which is 9.2% of the area of Hidalgo.
Measured in Belgiums: Valencian Community is about 0.76, Hidalgo about 0.69.

How they differ

Valencian Community also has the larger population: 5.3 million against 2.9 million, 1.86× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 229 in Valencian Community against 134 in Hidalgo: Valencian Community is 1.70× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,260 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Valencian Community at 39°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Hidalgo at 20°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Valencian Community as 1.61× the size of Hidalgo instead of 1.09×.
Together Valencian Community and Hidalgo cover 44,600 km², close to the size of Estonia (45,800 km², 2.8% bigger).
The gap between them, 1,960 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
At Hidalgo's density, Valencian Community would have 3.1 million people (it has 5.3 million). At Valencian Community's density, Hidalgo would have 4.9 million (it has 2.9 million).
Valencian Community's centre is 18.9° of latitude, about 2,100 km, farther north than Hidalgo'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.
Hidalgo is the 26th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
Valencian Community lies about 19° of latitude (roughly 2,100 km) north of Hidalgo.
Shared out evenly, each person in Valencian Community would have about 4,380 m² and each person in Hidalgo about 7,450 m².
Laid side by side, Valencian Community and Hidalgo would cover 44,600 km², about the same size as Estonia.
Together they have 8.2 million people, about as many people as Honduras.

Side by side

	Valencian Community	Hidalgo
Is a	Autonomous communitySpain	StateMexico
Area, measured	23,300 km²8,980 mi²	21,300 km²8,230 mi²
Official area	23,300 km²Wikidata	20,800 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	8th of 19in Spain	26th of 32in Mexico
Population	5.3 millionWikidata, 2024	2.9 millionWikidata, 2015
Rank by population	4th of 19in Spain	17th of 32in Mexico
Density	229 per km²	134 per km²
Capital	Valencia	Pachuca
Latitude range	38°N to 41°N	20°N to 21°N

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2015. 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 21,300 km² is 2.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 20,800 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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