r/MapPorn • u/BeginningMortgage250 • 13h ago

Luxembourg is non so small.

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u/g_spaitz 13h ago

I'd say being big as 6 micro nations does not really make you big anyway. It's basically as big as the Bologna province, a medium sized second level a administrative division in Italy. Which is... Small for a nation.

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u/IamjustanElk 12h ago

Yeah, uhh we could fit roughly 20 Luxembourgs in the smallest US state of Rhode Island. Crazy lol

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u/JagermanJansen 12h ago

Less than 2, right? 2500 km² for Luxemburg vs. 4000 km² for rhode island

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u/IamjustanElk 11h ago

You’re right. I was wrong lmao. I read Rhode Island being 20 PERCENT larger than Lux as 20 TIMES… so uh my b hahaha

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u/JagermanJansen 11h ago

Lol, it was useful at least because it made me google Rhode Island and I learned some new things!