• Tesla Gigafactory compared with the Expo 2020 Dubai site. All photos: Google Maps
    Tesla Gigafactory compared with the Expo 2020 Dubai site. All photos: Google Maps
  • With an area of 2 kilometres squared, Monaco is the second-smallest sovereign state in the world. Here it is compared with the Expo 2020 Dubai site.
    With an area of 2 kilometres squared, Monaco is the second-smallest sovereign state in the world. Here it is compared with the Expo 2020 Dubai site.
  • Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, in Australia occupies an area of 8.6 kilometres squared
    Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, in Australia occupies an area of 8.6 kilometres squared
  • The Forbidden City of Beijing is a palace complex constructed in the early 1400s. It spans 0.72 sq km - less than half of the area of the Expo 2020 Dubai site
    The Forbidden City of Beijing is a palace complex constructed in the early 1400s. It spans 0.72 sq km - less than half of the area of the Expo 2020 Dubai site
  • The City of London is the historic financial district of the UK capital and covers 2.9 sq km
    The City of London is the historic financial district of the UK capital and covers 2.9 sq km
  • Vatican City, headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church is sited within Rome. It is the smallest state in the world by both population and area, spanning 0.42 sq km
    Vatican City, headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church is sited within Rome. It is the smallest state in the world by both population and area, spanning 0.42 sq km
  • Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California, was the first Disney theme park. Since opening in 1955, it has undergone expansion and now covers an area of 2 sq km
    Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California, was the first Disney theme park. Since opening in 1955, it has undergone expansion and now covers an area of 2 sq km
  • Central Park, the fifth-largest park in New York City, covers an area of 3.41 sq km. Photo: Google Maps
    Central Park, the fifth-largest park in New York City, covers an area of 3.41 sq km. Photo: Google Maps

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Expo 2020

Expo 2020 location map: just how big is the Dubai site?

Home to pavilions from 192 countries, the sprawling site is larger than Tesla's new Giga Texas factory

James Langton
James Langton

March 29, 2022

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Expo 2020 Dubai is big, as anyone who has visited the world's fair will testify. But just how big?

Some say the site is the same size as 600 football pitches, others say it covers an area larger than Monaco.

The truth is, it's much bigger.

As these images – taken from Google Earth at an altitude of 4.6 kilometres – show, Expo 2020 Dubai is much bigger than the Principality of Monaco and dwarfs the Vatican City, the smallest country in the world.

It’s bigger than Disneyland Resort in California and New York’s Central Park. It is bigger than Beijing’s Forbidden City, including Tiananmen Square. Even London's famous Square Mile is smaller, as is Australia's Ayres Rock and Tesla's new Giga Texas factory.

Home to pavilions from 192 countries, Expo 2020 Dubai is the largest meeting of cultures that represents and unites the entire world.

Once the world fair ends, the site will be closed for redevelopment and repurposed to become the UAE’s first 15-minute city - a cycle-friendly, traffic free suburb of Dubai's growing metropolis.

From October, the first of 85 start-up companies will begin moving in to occupy some of the same buildings that visitors have flocked to. Some of the first apartments that will be available will include the Expo village, where country pavilion staff lived for six months.

  • Ruwwad Najib, 10, from India with his Expo 2020 Dubai passport. All Photos by Victor Besa / The National
    Ruwwad Najib, 10, from India with his Expo 2020 Dubai passport. All Photos by Victor Besa / The National
  • Visitors enter the Australia Pavilion.
    Visitors enter the Australia Pavilion.
  • People interact with a robot at the Finland Pavilion.
    People interact with a robot at the Finland Pavilion.
  • Wattle the Koala welcomes visitors to the Australia Pavilion.
    Wattle the Koala welcomes visitors to the Australia Pavilion.
  • A performer at Expo 2020 Dubai.
    A performer at Expo 2020 Dubai.
  • The Nieto children from Spain with their Expo 2020 Dubai passports.
    The Nieto children from Spain with their Expo 2020 Dubai passports.
  • Visitors enter the Australia Pavilion.
    Visitors enter the Australia Pavilion.
  • Visitors watch the ocean environmental awareness video at the Australia Pavilion.
    Visitors watch the ocean environmental awareness video at the Australia Pavilion.
  • Visitors interact with the light show at the Australia Pavilion.
    Visitors interact with the light show at the Australia Pavilion.
  • Romanian traditional Cymbalom player, Nikulina Tudorache, at the Mobility Pavilion.
    Romanian traditional Cymbalom player, Nikulina Tudorache, at the Mobility Pavilion.
  • The Finland Pavilion.
    The Finland Pavilion.
  • Visitors watch the ocean environmental awareness video at the Australia Pavilion.
    Visitors watch the ocean environmental awareness video at the Australia Pavilion.
  • Expo 2020 Dubai is open until the end of March.
    Expo 2020 Dubai is open until the end of March.
Updated: March 29, 2022, 9:52 AM
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