City size comparison

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Denver is around the same size as Bakersfield.

Bakersfield (map shows its 44 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 389 sq km, while Denver is approximately 396 sq km, making Denver 2% larger than Bakersfield.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Bakersfield vs. Denver uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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