City size comparison

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Arlington is about 1.7 times bigger than Alexandria.

Alexandria is approximately 39 sq km, while Arlington (map shows its 62 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 67 sq km, making Arlington 74% larger than Alexandria.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alexandria vs. Arlington uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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