City size comparison

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Chicago is about 3.7 times bigger than Gent.

Gent is approximately 158 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 274% larger than Gent.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Gent vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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