City size comparison

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Tehran is about 1.8 times smaller than Los Angeles.

Los Angeles (including the city proper only) is approximately 1,215 sq km, while Tehran is approximately 686 sq km, making Tehran 56.47% the size of Los Angeles.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Los Angeles vs. Tehran uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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