City size comparison

compared to

Boston is about 14 times smaller than Riyadh.

Riyadh (map shows its 9 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 1,798 sq km, while Boston is approximately 124 sq km, making Boston 6.9% the size of Riyadh.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Riyadh vs. Boston uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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