City size comparison

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Albuquerque is about 2.5 times smaller than Los Angeles.

Los Angeles (including the city proper only) is approximately 1,215 sq km, while Albuquerque (map shows its 231 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 485 sq km, making Albuquerque 39.93% the size of Los Angeles.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Los Angeles vs. Albuquerque uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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