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It's about twenty times as big as San Antonio
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The size of San Antonio is about 48,650 city blocks.
(Texas)
The second-largest city in Texas and the seventh-largest in the United States as of 2009, San Antonio measures 48,650 city blocks in total area. The city is known for its tourist attractions, including the Alamo Mission and the annual San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo.
It's about thirty times as big as Indianapolis
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The size of Indianapolis is about 43,130 city blocks.
(Indiana) (Metropolitan Statistical Area)
The capital of and largest city in Indiana as of 2009, Indianapolis measures 43,130 city blocks in total area. The city is known for its sports tourism, including the Indianapolis 500 and Brickyard 400 auto races, and the Men's and Women's NCAA basketball tournaments.
It's about thirty times as big as Dallas
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The size of Dallas is about 40,870 city blocks.
(Texas)
The third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States as of 2009, Dallas measures 40,870 city blocks in total area. The city is known as a strong industrial, commerce, and banking center, and as an "inland port," due to its metropolitan airport, Dallas-Fort Worth International.
It's about thirty times as big as San Diego
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The size of San Diego is about 38,690 city blocks.
(California)
The second-largest city in California and the eleventh-largest in the United States as of 2009, San Diego measures 38,690 city blocks in total area. The city is known for its defense manufacturing and biotechnology industries.
It's about thirty times as big as New York City
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The size of New York City is about 36,180 city blocks.
(a.k.a. The Big Apple, a.k.a. NYC, a.k.a. Gotham) (New York)
The largest city in New York and thirteenth-largest in the United States, New York City measures 36,180 city blocks in total area. The city is known as a hub for finance, commerce, and international affairs as well as a renowned center of culture.
It's about thirty times as big as Bangalore
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The size of Bangalore is about 34,100 city blocks.
(officially Bangaluru) (Karnataka, India) (for Greater Bangalore)
Greater Bangalore, the metro area surrounding the city of Bangalore, and including hundreds of wards and villages and eleven municipal areas, measures 34,100 city blocks in total area. Greater Bangalore is home to Electronic City, one of the largest IT parks in the country, covering over 147 city blocks.
It's about forty times as big as Manila
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The size of Manila is about 28,541 city blocks.
(a.k.a. Kalakhang Maynila) (officially the "National Capital Region (NCR)") (for Metro Manila) (Philippines)
The governmental seat of the Philippines and the one of the world's most densely-populated regions, the Manila metro area measures 28,541 city blocks. The area is host to a population of 12,877,253 people (as of 2015).
It's about 40 times as big as Christchurch
The size of Christchurch is about 28,000 city blocks.
(a.k.a Ōtautahi) (urban area) (New Zealand)
Ōtautahi Christchurch, New Zealand's gateway to Antarctica, measures 28,000 city blocks in total area.
It's about 40 times as big as Chicago
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The size of Chicago is about 27,100 city blocks.
(a.k.a. The Windy City, a.k.a. Chi-town, a.k.a. Second City, a.k.a. Chicagoland) (Illinois)
The largest city in Illinois and the twenty-third-largest city in the United States as of 2009, Chicago measures 27,100 city blocks in total area. The city is known as a major Global Financial Center and as host to O'Hare International, the second busiest airport in the world.
It's about 45 times as big as The Isle of Man
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The size of The Isle of Man is about 26,300 city blocks.
(a.k.a. Mannin, a.k.a. Ellan Vannin, a.k.a. Mann)
The Isle of Man, a self-governing territory of England, measures 26,300 city blocks in total area. The territory of the Isle of Man also includes the small island of Chicken Rock, which adds an additional 0.0461 city blocks.
It's about 55 times as big as San Jose
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The size of San Jose is about 20,900 city blocks.
(a.k.a. Capital of Silicon Valley) (California)
The third-largest city in California as of 2009, San Jose measures 20,900 city blocks in total area. The city is known for its large technology industry.
It's about 65 times as big as The Isle of Wight
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The size of The Isle of Wight is about 17,900 city blocks.
(England, United Kingdom)
The Isle of Wight, located in the English Channel, just off the English mainland, measures 17,900 city blocks in total area. The Island hosts the world's largest and longest-running regular regatta — Cowes Week — which has brought over 1,000 yachts to the island each August since 1812.
It's about 70 times as big as Detroit
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The size of Detroit is about 16,560 city blocks.
(Michigan)
The largest city in Michigan as of 2009, Detroit measures 16,560 city blocks in total area. The city is known for its automotive industry and its popular music legacies in the soul, hip hop, pop, and rhythm & blues genres
It's about 70 times as big as Philadelphia
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The size of Philadelphia is about 16,120 city blocks.
(a.k.a. Philly, a.k.a. The City of Brotherly Love) (Pennsylvania)
The largest city in Pennsylvania as of 2009 and at one time the second-largest city in the British Empire, Philadelphia measures 16,120 city blocks in total area. The city is known as a center of great historical importance and as the one-time capital of the United States.
It's about 80 times as big as Dublin
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The size of Dublin is about 14,630 city blocks.
(a.k.a. Baile Átha Cliath) (Leinster, Ireland) (for metro Dublin City)
The city of Dublin and its surrounding metro areas measure 14,630 city blocks. Dublin is home to the Spire of Dublin, a stainless steel monument built in 2003 that rises to 121.2 m in height.
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