City size comparison

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Gent is about 3.7 times smaller than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Gent is approximately 158 sq km, making Gent 26.75% the size of Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Gent uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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