Chapel Hill is around the same size as Portland.

Portland (map shows its 17 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 56 sq km, while Chapel Hill is approximately 56 sq km, making Chapel Hill 1% larger than Portland.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Portland vs. Chapel Hill uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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