List of city squares by size explained

This article lists the 250 largest city squares in the world in descending order of area. The areas given are as noted in the articles and references provided, but may not be directly comparable.

City square	City	Country	Area		Dimensions, notes		Photo
			(m^2)^[1]	(ft^2)
			1760000m2	Commemorates the centenary of the founding of the city	1997
			1440000m2		2000
			1000000m2	Approx. 1kmby1kmkm (01milesby01mileskm)	1976
			715000m2		2014		^[2]
			570000m2	Approx. 802–	1991
			566560m2	On the new central line	1820
			560000m2		2010
			440000m2	880mby500mm (2,890feetby1,600feetm)	1958
			400000m2		1980s
India Gate Complex			306600m2	Approx. 625m (2,051feet) diameter	1926
	Manila		271139m2	Approx. 625m (2,051feet) diameter	1978
			240000m2		1970s
			240000m2	Approx. 600mby400mm (2,000feetby1,300feetm)	1950s		^[3]
			220000m2	Approx. 790mby280mm (2,590feetby920feetm)	1999
People's Square			216000m2	670mby320mm (2,200feetby1,050feetm)	2001
Cultural Square			205000m2		1953
Praça do Relógio			176000m2	Contains all six ecosystems found in the state of São Paulo	1971
			174000m2	Approx. 500-	1894		^[4]
			152000m2	Approx. 950mby160mm (3,120feetby530feetm)	1970
			151800m2	410mby370mm (1,350feetby1,210feetm)
			140000m2		1994
			140000m2		1981
Piazza Carlo di Borbone			130000m2	More the esplanade of the Royal Palace of Caserta than a city square	1750
			130000m2
			130000m2
			126000m2		1820		^[5]
	Dalian		125000m2		1914
			122588m2		1956
			121800m2	580mby210mm (1,900feetby690feetm)	1986
			119000m2	690-	1926
			114000m2		1855
			110350m2	330mby310mm (1,080feetby1,020feetm)
			99000m2		2004
Pha That Luang Square			99000m2
			98220m2	Commissioned to honour the visit of Queen Elizabeth II to Ghana	1961		^[6]
			97000m2		1900s
			93500m2	Diameter 345m (1,132feet)
Tysyacheletiya Square			90000m2	510by
			90000m2	300mby300mm (1,000feetby1,000feetm)
			89600m2	560mby160mm (1,840feetby530feetm)	1598		^[7]
			89000m2	350mby255mm (1,150feetby837feetm)	1663
			88620m2		1874		^[8]
Mangshi Square			86800m2	306.37mby314mm (1,005.15feetby1,030feetm)			^[9]
			86400m2	240mby360mm (790feetby1,180feetm)	1763
			86000m2	240mby363mm (790feetby1,191feetm)
			84000m2	412mby204mm (1,352feetby669feetm)	1576
			80552m2	550by	1348		^[10]
Republic Square			80000m2		1906
			79000m2
			78900m2	Approx. 1430mby55mm (4,690feetby180feetm)	1869
			78400m2	280mby280mm (920feetby920feetm)
Gelebe Square			78300m2	290mby270mm (950feetby890feetm)
Plaine de Plainpalais			78135m2	Rhombus of 640mby200mm (2,100feetby700feetm)
			76000m2
			75000m2		1954		^[11]
			74900m2	940mby120mm (3,080feetby390feetm)
			74400m2	620mby120mm (2,030feetby390feetm)
			74000m2
Piazza della Repubblica			73500m2		1865
			72200m2				^[12]
			72000m2
			70000m2
			70000m2	280by			^[13]
			70000m2		1964
			70000m2
			70000m2	270mby260mm (890feetby850feetm)
Piazza Garibaldi			70000m2		1870		^[14]
			66700m2	230mby290mm (760feetby950feetm)
			65000m2
			65000m2
			64800m2	270mby250mm (890feetby820feetm)
Wolności Square			64288m2	225by			^[15]
			62700m2	570mby110mm (1,870feetby360feetm)
Esplanade of the Foro Italico			62500m2		1846
			62000m2	300by
			60000m2	400mby150mm (1,300feetby490feetm)
Naval Square	Dalian		59000m2		2000
			58000m2	161mby322mm (528feetby1,056feetm)
John Paul II Square			57600m2	240mby240mm (790feetby790feetm)			^[16]
			57600m2	240mby240mm (790feetby790feetm)			^[17]
			55000m2	265mby132.5mm (869feetby434.7feetm)
			55000m2	132.5mby265mm (434.7feetby869feetm)
			54954m2	316mby174mm (1,037feetby571feetm)	1880s
			54400m2	320mby170mm (1,050feetby560feetm)	1986		^[18]
			54200m2		2005
	Minsk		52000m2
Radničné Square			51100m2	Lens shape
			50087m2				^[19]
	St. Petersburg		50000m2				^[20]
			50000m2
			50000m2
			50000m2	220mby210mm (720feetby690feetm)
			48562m2		2012
			48520m2
			48500m2		1965		^[21]
Heydar Aliyev Square			48300m2	420mby115mm (1,380feetby377feetm)
SNP Square			48000m2	425mby113mm (1,394feetby371feetm)			^[22]
Railway Terminal Square	Minsk		48000m2
Marktplatz			47300m2	219mby216mm (719feetby709feetm)	1599		^[23]
			47000m2		1434		^[24]
			45500m2	260mby170mm (850feetby560feetm)
	Prague		45000m2	750mby60mm (2,460feetby200feetm)	1348		^[25]
			45000m2
	Paris		45000m2	Diameter 240.86m (790.22feet)
	St. Petersburg		44100m2	Approx. 210mby210mm (690feetby690feetm)
	Budapest		43200m2	Approx 240mby180mm (790feetby590feetm)
Deák tér			40000m2	870mby46mm (2,850feetby151feetm) Longest in Central Europe
			40000m2	200mby200mm (700feetby700feetm)
	Tel Aviv		40000m2	160mby250mm (530feetby820feetm)
			40000m2		1785		^[26]
			40000m2	360mby111mm (1,180feetby364feetm)			^[27]
			40000m2	400mby100mm (1,300feetby300feetm)
			40000m2				^[28]
			40000m2	200mby200mm (700feetby700feetm)
			40000m2	200mby200mm (700feetby700feetm)	1257		^[29]
	Minsk		39375m2
			39375m2
			39000m2		1871
Piazza Duca d'Aosta	Milan		38000m2
			37920m2	213mby178mm (699feetby584feetm)
			37800m2		2021
			37000m2				^[30]
	Madrid		36900m2				^[31]
			36850m2	Approx. 470 m long	1536
			36820m2	Approx. 415mby89mm (1,362feetby292feetm)	1976
Masarykovo Square			36653m2		1270		^[32]
	Budapest		36500m2	Approx. 730mby50mm (2,400feetby160feetm) (excluding Heroes' Square)
	Braga		36000m2	Approx. 400mby80mm (1,300feetby260feetm)
	Istanbul		35949m2
			35200m2	220mby162mm (720feetby531feetm)
			35000m2	350mby100mm (1,150feetby300feetm)
			35000m2
	Prague		35000m2	240mby150mm (790feetby490feetm)	1896
			34800m2		1939
Domplatz			34500m2
			34000m2		1929
	Pushkin		34000m2
			33920m2	320by
	Paris		33677m2	283mby119mm (928feetby390feetm)
Simpang Lima Square			33000m2	230mby150mm (760feetby490feetm)
			32900m2		1916
			32294m2
			32000m2				^[33]
	Tel Aviv		32000m2	Approx. 300 m by 105 m			^[34]
	Paris		32000m2	220mby145mm (720feetby476feetm)	1863
			32000m2		1846		^[35]
			31900m2		1248		^[36]
			31416m2
Place Championnet			31404m2
			31700m2		1683		^[37]
	Philadelphia		31700m2		1684
	Philadelphia		31700m2		1683
	Philadelphia		31700m2		1683
			31000m2	Approx. 270mby150mm (890feetby490feetm) (half-circle)
	Lisbon		30600m2	175mby175mm (574feetby574feetm)
Míru Square	Prague		30400m2	190mby160mm (620feetby530feetm)	1884		^[38]
	Barcelona		30000m2		1902		^[39]
			30000m2		1926
			29300m2				^[40]
Katedros aikštė			28600m2	Approx. 300mby90mm (1,000feetby300feetm)
	Seville		28160m2		1948		^[41]
			28000m2	Approx. 200mby140mm (700feetby460feetm)	1630s
			27360m2	Approx. 228mby120mm (748feetby390feetm)
			27300m2	Approx. 250mby110mm (820feetby360feetm)
			27214m2				^[42]
			26827m2	193mby139mm (633feetby456feetm)
			26400m2	120mby220mm (390feetby720feetm)	1960
	Budapest		25600m2	Approx. 160mby160mm (530feetby530feetm)
Masarykovo Square			25350m2	195mby130mm (640feetby430feetm)			^[43]
			25200m2
Tyršovo Square			25200m2	Approx. 400mby63mm (1,300feetby207feetm)
	Naples		25000m2
	St. Petersburg		25000m2	Approx. 250mby100mm (820feetby300feetm)
	Moscow		24750m2	Approx. 300mby70mm (1,000feetby230feetm)			^[44]
	Marseille		24670m2	Approx. 225mby106mm (738feetby348feetm)	1890s
Rynek			24636m2	377mby68mm (1,237feetby223feetm)
			Approx. 24100m2
			24000m2		1800
			24000m2		1727
			23940m2	190mby126mm (620feetby413feetm)	1875
			23800m2	170mby140mm (560feetby460feetm)	1860s
			23400m2	180mby130mm (590feetby430feetm)	1775
			23336m2	156mby156mm (512feetby512feetm)	1834
			22783m2	Ellipse, axes 196mby148mm (643feetby486feetm)	1667		^[45]
Souq Waqif Square			22600m2
Piazza della Magione	Palermo		22200m2
	Dalian		22000m2
			22000m2				^[46]
Karlovo Square			22000m2	Approx. 360mby60mm (1,180feetby200feetm)			^[47]
	Amsterdam		20000m2	200mby100mm (700feetby300feetm)
			20000m2				^[48]
	Arras		20000m2	200mby100mm (700feetby300feetm)
Anna Square	Chennai		20000m2	Built in memory of former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, C. N. Annadurai (1967–69)	1996
	Los Angeles		20000m2
			20000m2	200mby100mm (700feetby300feetm)
Přemysla Otakara II. Square			19929m2	145by			^[49]
Stary Rynek			19881m2	141mby141mm (463feetby463feetm)	1253		^[50]
			19713m2
	Paris		19600m2	140mby140mm (460feetby460feetm)
Husovo Square			19500m2	390mby50mm (1,280feetby160feetm)			^[51]
Plaza de Armas			19376m2	173mby112mm (568feetby367feetm)
			19300m2		1226
			19024m2
	Paris		18570m2	213mby124mm (699feetby407feetm)	1699
			18500m2
			18300m2	142mby129mm (466feetby423feetm)
Přemysla Otakara II. Square			18206m2		1265
Vagzal Squares			18150m2	330mby55mm (1,080feetby180feetm)
Place de la Riponne			18000m2	200mby90mm (700feetby300feetm)	1838
			17900m2
	Montreal		17800m2	200mby89mm (700feetby292feetm)
Rynek			17544m2	172mby102mm (564feetby335feetm)
Wolności Square	Poznań		17425m2	205mby85mm (673feetby279feetm)
Vratislavovo Square			17300m2	230mby75mm (760feetby246feetm)
Mevlana Square			17000m2				^[52]
	Milan		17000m2		1330s
Rynek			16610m2	151mby110mm (495feetby360feetm)
Piazza dei Martiri			16560m2	276mby60mm (906feetby200feetm)
Mírové Square			16250m2	210mby78mm (690feetby256feetm)			^[53]
			16200m2	270mby60mm (890feetby200feetm)	1860
Plaza Mayor de la Constitución			16000m2
Terreiro do Paço			16000m2				^[54]
	Milan		15800m2				^[55]
Horní Square			15800m2	Approx. 160mby100mm (530feetby300feetm)
Smetanovo Square			15776m2	493mby32mm (1,617feetby105feetm)			^[56]
			15625m2	125mby125mm (410feetby410feetm)	1828
	St. Petersburg		15625m2	Approx. 125mby125mm (410feetby410feetm)
Tomáš Baťa Square			15600m2	205mby77mm (673feetby253feetm)
Mírové Square			15500m2	195by	1220s		^[57]
Velké Square			15500m2	340by
	Copenhagen		15500m2
			15180m2	138mby110mm (453feetby360feetm)
	Berlin		15000m2
Republic Square			15000m2
	Berlin		15000m2
City Hall Park			15000m2
	Podgorica		15000m2				^[58]
			15000m2	150by	2014
	Pushkin		15000m2	Circle, diameter 200m (700feet)
			14500m2	Formed of two squares, approx. 120mby100mm (390feetby300feetm) and 50mby50mm (160feetby160feetm)
Republiky Square			14350m2	245by
	Paris		14000m2	Approx. 120mby120mm (390feetby390feetm)	1792
Turbinenplatz	Zürich		14000m2
Plaza Principal			14000m2
			13900m2		1846
	New York City		13750m2
			13500m2	Approx. 300mby45mm (1,000feetby148feetm)
	Rome		13500m2	Approx. 150mby90mm (490feetby300feetm)
Baníkov Square			13500m2	Approx. 115mby115mm (377feetby377feetm)
	Nancy		13250m2	125mby106mm (410feetby348feetm)
	Seoul		13207m2

See also

• List of city squares
• Market square
• Piazza
• Plaza
• Town square

Notes and References

1. May not be directly comparable
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