City size comparison

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Providence is about 2.5 times smaller than San Francisco.

San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, while Providence is approximately 48 sq km, making Providence 39.4% the size of San Francisco.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of San Francisco vs. Providence uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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