Santiago
838 km²
Xi'an
10,097 km²
Chile
People's Republic of China
Area Comparison
Santiago is 12.0x smaller than Xi'an
Population Comparison
Santiago has 2.1x fewer people than Xi'an
Yes — Xi'an is 12.0x larger than Santiago by area. Xi'an spans 10,097 km² (3,898 mi²) while Santiago covers 838 km² (324 mi²) — a difference of 9,259 km². You could fit Santiago inside Xi'an approximately 12 times.
To put Santiago's size in perspective, its area of 838 km² is roughly the same size as Berlin. Meanwhile, Xi'an at 10,097 km² is about 1.6x the size of Shanghai.
Picture Santiago another way: its area is large enough to fit about 117,000 American football fields, 14 times the area of Manhattan, or 8 times the area of Paris. Xi'an, by comparison, equals about 1,400,000 American football fields, 170 times the area of Manhattan, or 96 times the area of Paris.
Santiago, also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. Located in the Chilean Central Valley within the Santiago Basin, between the Andes to the east and the Chilean Coastal Range to the west, it anchors the Santiago Metropolitan Region and its conurbation of Greater Santiago, which comprises more than forty communes and concentrates over a third of the national population and around 45% of Chile's GDP.
Known as "Santiago de Chile", Santiago covers 838 km² with a population of 6.3 million. The city was established in 1541. Santiago is known for Cerro San Cristóbal, Gran Torre Santiago, Plaza de Armas, among other attractions.
Santiago sits in the Chilean Central Valley between the Andes and the Coastal Range, anchoring over a third of Chile's population.
Xi'an is the capital of the Chinese province of Shaanxi. A sub-provincial city on the Guanzhong plain, the city is the third-most populous city in Western China after Chongqing and Chengdu, as well as the most populous city in Northwestern China. Its total population was 12.95 million in the 2020 census, including an urban population of 9.28 million.
Nicknamed "Ancient Capital", Xi'an has an area of 10,097 km² and is home to 12.9 million people. Visitors come for Terracotta Army, Xi'an City Wall, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, and much more.
Xi'an's 2020 census recorded 12.95 million residents, making it the most populous city in Northwestern China.
Santiago has a population density of 7,470 people per km² — a densely populated city. Xi'an, with 1,283 people per km², is a relatively spread-out city. Santiago is dramatically more crowded, with 5.8x the population density.
Size Ratio
Santiago fits inside Xi'an ~12 times
Density Gap
Santiago is 5.8x more densely populated
Santiago covers 838 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Kyoto (828 km²), Berlin (892 km²), New York (783 km²), Hamburg (755 km²), or Bangalore (741 km²).
Xi'an covers 10,097 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Melbourne (9,993 km²), Wuhan (8,569 km²), Sydney (12,368 km²), Guangzhou (7,434 km²), or Chengdu (14,378 km²).
The straight-line distance from Santiago to Xi'an is 19,916 km (12,375 miles), with an estimated flight time of ~23h 56m.
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