City size comparison

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Newark is about 2 times smaller than Boston.

Boston is approximately 124 sq km, while Newark (map shows its 20 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 63 sq km, making Newark 50.43% the size of Boston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Boston vs. Newark uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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