City size comparison

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Los Angeles is about 1.8 times bigger than Tehran.

Tehran is approximately 686 sq km, while Los Angeles (including the city proper only) is approximately 1,215 sq km, making Los Angeles 77% larger than Tehran.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Tehran vs. Los Angeles uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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