City size comparison

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Hartford is about 5 times smaller than Des Moines.

Des Moines (map shows its 58 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 228 sq km, while Hartford is approximately 45 sq km, making Hartford 19.71% the size of Des Moines.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Des Moines vs. Hartford uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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