City size comparison

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New Orleans is about 1.3 times bigger than Philadelphia.

Philadelphia is approximately 348 sq km, while New Orleans is approximately 439 sq km, making New Orleans 26% larger than Philadelphia.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Philadelphia vs. New Orleans uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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