City size comparison

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Minneapolis is about 1.2 times bigger than San Francisco.

San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, while Minneapolis is approximately 140 sq km, making Minneapolis 16% larger than San Francisco.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of San Francisco vs. Minneapolis uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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