How to calculate the area of part of $(S^2,\tilde g)$?

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Under the polar coordinate, the unit sphere is $$ S^2=\{(\sin\theta\cos\varphi,\sin\theta\sin\varphi,\cos\theta)\in \mathbb R^3:\theta\in[0,\pi],\varphi\in[0,2\pi] \} $$ the induced metric is $$ g=\begin{pmatrix} 1 &0 \\ 0 &\sin^2\theta \end{pmatrix} $$ Now, consider a part of $S^2$ $$ S=\{(\cos\varphi,\sin\varphi\cos\delta,\sin\varphi\sin\delta)\in \mathbb R^3:\varphi\in[0,\pi], \delta\in[0,K]\} $$ And consider a non-induced metric, for example, $$ \tilde g =\begin{pmatrix} f(\theta,\varphi) &0 \\ 0 & h(\theta,\varphi) \end{pmatrix} $$ Then, how to calculate the area of $S$ under the metric $\tilde g$ ?

Rough drawing of $S$. enter image description here

The $S^2$ enter image description here