City size comparison

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Fort Lauderdale is about 4 times smaller than Detroit.

Detroit is approximately 359 sq km, while Fort Lauderdale (excluding the city's 9.9 sq km of water area) is approximately 90 sq km, making Fort Lauderdale 25.05% the size of Detroit.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Detroit vs. Fort Lauderdale uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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