City size comparison

compared to

Gent is about 8 times smaller than Rome.

Rome is approximately 1,287 sq km, while Gent is approximately 158 sq km, making Gent 12.26% the size of Rome.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Rome vs. Gent uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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