City size comparison

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Long Beach is around the same size as San Francisco.

San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, while Long Beach is approximately 131 sq km, making Long Beach 8% larger than San Francisco.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of San Francisco vs. Long Beach uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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