City size comparison

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Fort Lauderdale is about 70 times smaller than Shanghai.

Shanghai is approximately 6,341 sq km, while Fort Lauderdale (excluding the city's 9.9 sq km of water area) is approximately 90 sq km, making Fort Lauderdale 1.42% the size of Shanghai.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Shanghai vs. Fort Lauderdale uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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