City size comparison

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San Francisco is around the same size as Salem.

Salem (map shows its 1 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 127 sq km, while San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, making San Francisco 95.45% the size of Salem.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Salem vs. San Francisco uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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