City size comparison

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Des Moines is about 4.1 times bigger than Chapel Hill.

Chapel Hill is approximately 56 sq km, while Des Moines (map shows its 58 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 228 sq km, making Des Moines 306% larger than Chapel Hill.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chapel Hill vs. Des Moines uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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