Fort Lauderdale is about 14 times smaller than Rome.

Rome is approximately 1,287 sq km, while Fort Lauderdale (excluding the city's 9.9 sq km of water area) is approximately 90 sq km, making Fort Lauderdale 6.99% the size of Rome.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Rome vs. Fort Lauderdale uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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