City size comparison

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Providence is about 1.2 times smaller than Portland.

Portland (map shows its 17 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 56 sq km, while Providence is approximately 48 sq km, making Providence 85.45% the size of Portland.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Portland vs. Providence uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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