City size comparison

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Chemnitz is around the same size as Des Moines.

Des Moines (map shows its 58 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 228 sq km, while Chemnitz is approximately 221 sq km, making Chemnitz 96.81% the size of Des Moines.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Des Moines vs. Chemnitz uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Des Moines is 32.3% more expensive than Chemnitz
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