Chapel Hill is about 22 times smaller than Los Angeles.

Los Angeles (including the city proper only) is approximately 1,215 sq km, while Chapel Hill is approximately 56 sq km, making Chapel Hill 4.63% the size of Los Angeles.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Los Angeles vs. Chapel Hill uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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