City size comparison

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Athens is about 13 times bigger than San Mateo.

San Mateo is approximately 31 sq km, while Athens (map shows its 34 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 412 sq km, making Athens 1,211% larger than San Mateo.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of San Mateo vs. Athens uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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