City size comparison

compared to

Chicago is around the same size as El Paso.

El Paso is approximately 670 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 87.99% the size of El Paso.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of El Paso vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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