Sarasota is about 32 times smaller than Los Angeles.

Los Angeles (including the city proper only) is approximately 1,215 sq km, while Sarasota (map shows its 40 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 38 sq km, making Sarasota 3.14% the size of Los Angeles.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Los Angeles vs. Sarasota uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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