Chapel Hill is about 23 times smaller than Rome.

Rome is approximately 1,287 sq km, while Chapel Hill is approximately 56 sq km, making Chapel Hill 4.36% the size of Rome.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Rome vs. Chapel Hill uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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