City size comparison

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Charlotte is about 1.8 times bigger than New Orleans.

New Orleans is approximately 439 sq km, while Charlotte (map shows its 157 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 807 sq km, making Charlotte 84% larger than New Orleans.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of New Orleans vs. Charlotte uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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