City size comparison

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Raleigh is around the same size as Birmingham.

Birmingham (map shows its 87 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 381 sq km, while Raleigh is approximately 391 sq km, making Raleigh 3% larger than Birmingham.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Birmingham vs. Raleigh uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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