City size comparison

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Athens is about 1.7 times bigger than Kuala Lumpur.

Kuala Lumpur is approximately 244 sq km, while Athens (map shows its 34 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 412 sq km, making Athens 69% larger than Kuala Lumpur.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Kuala Lumpur vs. Athens uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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