City size comparison

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Amsterdam is about 4.3 times bigger than Alexandria.

Alexandria is approximately 39 sq km, while Amsterdam is approximately 166 sq km, making Amsterdam 329% larger than Alexandria.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alexandria vs. Amsterdam uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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