City size comparison

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Charlotte is about 2.3 times bigger than Philadelphia.

Philadelphia is approximately 348 sq km, while Charlotte (map shows its 157 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 807 sq km, making Charlotte 132% larger than Philadelphia.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Philadelphia vs. Charlotte uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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