City size comparison

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Rotterdam is around the same size as Detroit.

Detroit (map shows its 92 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 359 sq km, while Rotterdam (map shows its 22 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 319 sq km, making Rotterdam 88.88% the size of Detroit.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Detroit vs. Rotterdam uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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