City size comparison

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Helena is about 13 times smaller than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Helena (map shows its 6 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 44 sq km, making Helena 7.54% the size of Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Helena uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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