City size comparison

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Des Moines is about 7 times smaller than London.

London (including the 32 boroughs of greater London) is approximately 1,572 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 14.52% the size of London.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of London vs. Des Moines uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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