City size comparison

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Alexandria is about 8 times smaller than Durham.

Durham (map shows its 228 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 308 sq km, while Alexandria is approximately 39 sq km, making Alexandria 12.57% the size of Durham.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Durham vs. Alexandria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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