City size comparison

compared to

Salem is about 1.2 times smaller than Washington.

Washington is approximately 158 sq km, while Salem (map shows its 1 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 127 sq km, making Salem 80.07% the size of Washington.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Washington vs. Salem uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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