City size comparison

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Kuala Lumpur is around the same size as Edinburgh.

Edinburgh (map shows its 30 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 259 sq km, while Kuala Lumpur is approximately 244 sq km, making Kuala Lumpur 94.07% the size of Edinburgh.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Edinburgh vs. Kuala Lumpur uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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