City size comparison

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Alexandria is about 1.7 times smaller than Arlington.

Arlington (map shows its 62 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 67 sq km, while Alexandria is approximately 39 sq km, making Alexandria 57.45% the size of Arlington.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Arlington vs. Alexandria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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