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It's about one-tenth as big as Alaska
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The size of Alaska is about 79,134,619 city blocks.
(United States)
The "Last Frontier," Alaska measures 79,134,619 city blocks in total area. Alaska is home to over 100,000 glaciers — half of the world's total — including the Bering Glacier complex near the southeastern border of Alaska, which covers 268,564.580 city blocks.
It's about eight times as big as Hawaii
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The size of Hawaii is about 1,304,179 city blocks.
(a.k.a. Moku'āina o Hawai'i) (United States)
The "Aloha State," Hawaii measures 1,304,179 city blocks in total area. A total of 137 islands make up the Hawaiian archipelago, with the eight principle islands measuring 766,284.30 city blocks in combined total area.
It's about nine times as big as Lake Erie
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The size of Lake Erie is about 1,180,000 city blocks.
(a.k.a. Lac &ri&) (surface area)
The fourth largest of North America's Great Lakes and the thirteenth largest lake in the world (by surface area), Lake Erie has a total area of 1,180,000 city blocks. It borders the cities of Cleveland, Ohio and Toledo, Ohio.
It's about eleven times as big as Wales
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The size of Wales is about 955,040 city blocks.
(a.k.a. Cymru) (total area)
The area of the country of Wales (in the United Kingdom) is 955,040 city blocks. More than 35,227 city blocks, or about 4% of the country's land area, is made up of the fifty-plus islands in the Irish and Celtic Seas off the coast of the Welsh mainland.
It's about twelve times as big as Lake Ontario
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The size of Lake Ontario is about 873,400 city blocks.
(a.k.a. Lac Ontario) (surface area)
The smallest of North America's Great Lakes (by surface area), Lake Ontario has a total area of 873,400 city blocks. It borders the cities of Toronto, Ontario, Canada and Rochester, New York.
It's about fourteen times as big as Brisbane
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The size of Brisbane is about 729,780 city blocks.
(Greater Brisbane region) (Australia)
Brisbane, the most populous city in Australia, measures 729,780 city blocks. Winding through the city is the Brisbane River, which is lined by the 870 m Bisbane Riverwalk.
It's about eighteen times as big as Sydney
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The size of Sydney is about 569,730 city blocks.
(a.k.a. Cadi) (Greater Sydney region) (Australia)
The region of Greater Sydney, the largest city of Oceania, measures 569,730 city blocks. The Royal National Park, in Sutherland Shire, located in the southern part of the city, is the second oldest national park in the world and covers 6,080.710 city blocks.
It's about twenty times as big as Hawaii (Island)
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The size of Hawaii (Island) is about 480,583 city blocks.
(a.k.a. Hawaii, a.k.a. The Big Island) (Hawaii)
The largest of the main Hawaiian Islands and the largest island in the United States, Hawaii measures 480,583 city blocks in total area. It is known for its continuously erupting (for the past two decades, as of 2011) volcano, Kīlauea, and for the black sand beaches formed by the lava flow.
It's about thirty times as big as Ottawa
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The size of Ottawa is about 311,747 city blocks.
(a.k.a. Ville d'Ottawa) (Ottawa metropolitan area) (Canada)
The capital and fourth-largest city of Canada, Ottawa measures 311,747 city blocks. For many years, the skyline of Ottawa was dominated by the Peace Tower (la Tour de la Paix), with city ordinances preventing other structures from exceeding its 92.2 m height.
It's about forty times as big as Tshwane
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The size of Tshwane is about 293,300 city blocks.
(a.k.a. Pretoria, a.k.a. ePitoli, a.k.a. Jacaranda City) (Gauteng, South Africa) (for Tshwane metro area)
Tshwane, South Africa's executive capital, measures 293,300 city blocks in total metro area. The Reserve Bank of South Africa is the city's tallest building at 150 m in height.
It's about one-fortieth as big as Brazil
The size of Brazil is about 392,246,000 city blocks.
(a.k.a. Brasil, formally the Federative Republic of Brazil, a.k.a. Rep&blica Federativa do Brasil)
Brazil measures 392,246,000 city blocks in total area. Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and eighth-largest economy (by GDP).
It's about forty times as big as Prince Edward Island
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The size of Prince Edward Island is about 261,835 city blocks.
(a.k.a. PEI, a.k.a. P.E.I., a.k.a. Île-du-Prince-Édouard, a.k.a. Eilean a' Phrionnsa, a.k.a. Garden of the Gulf, a.k.a. Birthplace of the Confederation, a.k.a. Île Saint-Jean)
Prince Edward Island, located off Canada's eastern coast in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, measures 261,835 city blocks in total area. Significant among Prince Edward Island's industries is agriculture, with the island producing 1.3 billion kg (1.4 million tons) of potatoes each year — almost 21% the output of the US state of Idaho with 3% as much land.
It's about one-forty-fifth as big as China
The size of China is about 442,093,300 city blocks.
(a.k.a. People's Republic of China, a.k.a. 中华人民共和国, a.k.a.中華人民共和國 , a.k.a. Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghég) (UN mainland area figure)
Mainland China, as measured by the United Nations (excluding China's Special Administrative Regions — Hong Kong and Macau — and disputed territories such as Taiwan, Askai Chin, and the Trans-Karakoram Tract), occupies 442,093,300 city blocks in total area . China is the the most populous country in the world and the third or fourth largest (depending on areas included in the measurement) in total area.
It's about one-forty-fifth as big as United States
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The size of United States is about 452,675,300 city blocks.
(a.k.a. United States of America, a.k.a. America, a.k.a. USA, a.k.a. US)
The third or fourth largest country in the world (there is some dispute in how China's total area is measured), the United States measures 452,675,300 city blocks in total area. The United States is the third-most populous country in the world, home to over 300 million people.
It's about 45 times as big as Calgary
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The size of Calgary is about 235,407 city blocks.
(Calgary metro) (Canada)
One of the largest cities in Canada, Calgary measures 235,407 city blocks. Calgary has a large parks system, with 800 km of pathways connecting the city's various parks.
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