City size comparison

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Columbus is about 4.7 times bigger than San Francisco.

San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, while Columbus is approximately 574 sq km, making Columbus 374% larger than San Francisco.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of San Francisco vs. Columbus uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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