City size comparison

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Tucson is around the same size as Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Tucson (map shows its 130 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 627 sq km, making Tucson 6% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Tucson uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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