Fort Lauderdale is about 9 times smaller than Charlotte.

Charlotte (map shows its 157 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 807 sq km, while Fort Lauderdale (excluding the city's 9.9 sq km of water area) is approximately 90 sq km, making Fort Lauderdale 11.15% the size of Charlotte.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Charlotte vs. Fort Lauderdale uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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