City size comparison

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London is about 1.8 times bigger than Chesapeake.

Chesapeake is approximately 877 sq km, while London (including the 32 boroughs of greater London) is approximately 1,572 sq km, making London 79% larger than Chesapeake.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chesapeake vs. London uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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