City size comparison

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San Jose is around the same size as Oakland.

Oakland is approximately 202 sq km, while San Jose is approximately 180 sq km, making San Jose 89.09% the size of Oakland.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Oakland vs. San Jose uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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