City size comparison

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San Francisco is about 8 times smaller than Indianapolis.

Indianapolis is approximately 935 sq km, while San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, making San Francisco 12.94% the size of Indianapolis.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Indianapolis vs. San Francisco uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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