Beijing
2,179 km²
Handan
251 km²
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Beijing covers 2,179 km² of contiguous built-up land, 8.7× the built-up area of Handan (251 km²).
| Beijing | Handan | |
|---|---|---|
| Urban area | Beijing | Handan |
| Population (2025) | 18.2 million | 2.10 million |
| Built-up area | 2,179 km² | 251 km² |
| Density | 8,330 /km² | 8,366 /km² |
Urban area = contiguous built-up land and the people living in it in 2025, drawn the same way for every city regardless of administrative boundaries. Source: GHSL Urban Centre Database R2024A, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0); some names adjusted to the city names people use, and country attribution follows the dataset.