New Orleans is about 50 times smaller than Israel.

Israel is approximately 21,937 sq km, while New Orleans is approximately 439 sq km, making New Orleans 2.0% the size of Israel.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Israel vs. New Orleans uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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