City size comparison

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Richmond is about 2.2 times smaller than Philadelphia.

Philadelphia is approximately 348 sq km, while Richmond is approximately 155 sq km, making Richmond 44.61% the size of Philadelphia.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Philadelphia vs. Richmond uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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