Lanzhou
250 km²
Xi'an
691 km²
City Map Compare/Lanzhou vs Xi'anvs
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Xi'an covers 691 km² of contiguous built-up land, 2.8× the built-up area of Lanzhou (250 km²).
| Lanzhou | Xi'an | |
|---|---|---|
| Urban area | Lanzhou | Xi'an |
| Population (2025) | 2.69 million | 5.30 million |
| Built-up area | 250 km² | 691 km² |
| Density | 10,758 /km² | 7,669 /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.