City size comparison

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Beijing is about 51 times bigger than Rotterdam.

Rotterdam (map shows its 22 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 319 sq km, while Beijing is approximately 16,411 sq km, making Beijing 5,039% larger than Rotterdam.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Rotterdam vs. Beijing uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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