City size comparison

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Honolulu is about 1.5 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 Honolulu is approximately 157 sq km, making Honolulu 68.63% the size of Des Moines.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Des Moines vs. Honolulu uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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