City size comparison

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Los Angeles is about 5 times bigger than Kuala Lumpur.

Kuala Lumpur is approximately 244 sq km, while Los Angeles (including the city proper only) is approximately 1,215 sq km, making Los Angeles 399% larger than Kuala Lumpur.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Kuala Lumpur vs. Los Angeles uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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