City size comparison

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Indianapolis is about 2.6 times bigger than Detroit.

Detroit (map shows its 92 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 359 sq km, while Indianapolis is approximately 935 sq km, making Indianapolis 160% larger than Detroit.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Detroit vs. Indianapolis uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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