City size comparison

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Detroit is about 11 times smaller than Sydney.

Sydney (the 30 councils of metropolitan Sydney, without the Blue Mountains, Hawkesbury, Wollondilly and the Central Coast) is approximately 3,810 sq km, while Detroit (map shows its 92 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 359 sq km, making Detroit 9.43% the size of Sydney.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sydney vs. Detroit uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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