City size comparison

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Des Moines is about 30 times smaller than Ho Chi Minh City.

Ho Chi Minh City is approximately 6,773 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 3.37% the size of Ho Chi Minh City.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ho Chi Minh City vs. Des Moines uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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