City size comparison

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Riyadh is about 2.2 times bigger than Canberra.

Canberra is approximately 814 sq km, while Riyadh (map shows its 9 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 1,798 sq km, making Riyadh 121% larger than Canberra.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Canberra vs. Riyadh uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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