City size comparison

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San Mateo is about 2.3 times smaller than Bellingham.

Bellingham (map shows its 21 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 73 sq km, while San Mateo is approximately 31 sq km, making San Mateo 43.03% the size of Bellingham.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Bellingham vs. San Mateo uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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