City size comparison

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Chesapeake is about 1.4 times smaller than Los Angeles.

Los Angeles (including the city proper only) is approximately 1,215 sq km, while Chesapeake is approximately 877 sq km, making Chesapeake 72.17% the size of Los Angeles.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Los Angeles vs. Chesapeake uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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