City size comparison

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Indianapolis is about 1.6 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Indianapolis is approximately 935 sq km, making Indianapolis 59% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Indianapolis uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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