City size comparison

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Austin is around the same size as Chesapeake.

Chesapeake is approximately 877 sq km, while Austin (map shows its 70 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 829 sq km, making Austin 94.53% the size of Chesapeake.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chesapeake vs. Austin uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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