City size comparison

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Los Angeles is about 12 times bigger than Barcelona.

Barcelona is approximately 101 sq km, while Los Angeles (including the city proper only) is approximately 1,215 sq km, making Los Angeles 1,099% larger than Barcelona.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Barcelona vs. Los Angeles uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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