City size comparison

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Richmond is about 2.5 times smaller than Raleigh.

Raleigh is approximately 391 sq km, while Richmond is approximately 155 sq km, making Richmond 39.7% the size of Raleigh.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Raleigh vs. Richmond uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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