City size comparison

compared to

Gent is about 16 times smaller than Moscow.

Moscow (map shows its 125 districts within the pre-2012 boundary; the area includes New Moscow) is approximately 2,562 sq km, while Gent is approximately 158 sq km, making Gent 6.16% the size of Moscow.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Moscow vs. Gent uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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