City size comparison

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Raleigh is about 1.5 times bigger than Lincoln.

Lincoln (map shows its 45 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 262 sq km, while Raleigh is approximately 391 sq km, making Raleigh 49% larger than Lincoln.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Lincoln vs. Raleigh uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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