City size comparison

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Riyadh is about 20 times bigger than Zurich.

Zurich is approximately 88 sq km, while Riyadh (map shows its 9 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 1,798 sq km, making Riyadh 1,946% larger than Zurich.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Zurich vs. Riyadh uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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