City size comparison

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New Orleans is around the same size as Athens.

Athens (map shows its 34 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 412 sq km, while New Orleans is approximately 439 sq km, making New Orleans 7% larger than Athens.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Athens vs. New Orleans uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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