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It's about twenty 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 thirty 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 thirty 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 thirty 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 one-thirtieth as big as The Great Barrier Reef
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The size of The Great Barrier Reef is about 16,000,000 city blocks.
(a.k.a. Barrier Reef) (Coral Sea, off Queensland, Australia) (approximate)
The Great Barrier Reef, the largest such reef in the world, covers about 16,000,000 city blocks. Reefs, such as the Great Barrier, grow in diameter at a rate of 1 to 3 cm per year.
It's about thirty 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.
It's about one-thirty-fifth as big as Montana
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The size of Montana is about 17,543,674 city blocks.
(United States)
The "Treasure State," Montana measures 17,543,674 city blocks in total area. The northwest corner of Montana is home to Flathead Lake, the largest freshwater lake in the continental United States with a surface area of 22,848.7190 city blocks.
It's about one-fortieth as big as California
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The size of California is about 19,530,568 city blocks.
(United States)
The "Golden State," California measures 19,530,568 city blocks in total area. California is home to both the highest point — Mt. Whitney at 4,421 m (14,505 ft) — and lowest point — Death Valley at 85.5 m (282 ft) below sea level — in the continental United States, the two of which are separated by just 123 km (76 mi).
It's about 40 times as big as Edinburgh
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The size of Edinburgh is about 12,200 city blocks.
(a.k.a. Edinburgh, a.k.a. Dùn Èideann, a.k.a. Edinburgum) (Scotland, United Kingdom)
Edinburgh, Scotland's capital, measures 12,200 city blocks. Edinburgh Castle, atop Castle Rock, is the centerpiece of the city and has been continuously-occupied for over 1,800 years.
It's about 50 times as big as Abel Tasman National Park
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The size of Abel Tasman National Park is about 10,380 city blocks.
(Tasman District, South Island, New Zealand)
New Zealand's Abel Tasman National Park measures about 10,380 city blocks in total area. The size of the park has increased over the years as donated parcels of land have been added to it, with the last expansion in 2008 adding 363.90 city blocks.
It's about 60 times as big as Washington, D.C.
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The size of Washington, D.C. is about 8,150 city blocks.
(formally the District of Columbia, a.k.a. Washington, a.k.a. the District, a.k.a. DC) (United State)
The United States' capital and only federal district, Washington, D.C. is a 8,150 city blocks area located between the states of Virginia and Maryland. Washington, D.C. is known as the center of each of the three branches of the United States federal government and as home to many of the nation's monuments, museums, and foreign embassies.
It's about one-sixty-fifth as big as Texas
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The size of Texas is about 32,044,460 city blocks.
(United States)
The "Lone Star State," Texas measures 32,044,460 city blocks in total area. Texas covers so much area that Texarkana — a city in the state's northeastern corner — is about 30 km closer to Chicago, Illinois, than it is to El Paso — in the western corner of Texas.
It's about 100 times as big as Hilton Head
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The size of Hilton Head is about 5,014.830 city blocks.
(a.k.a. Hilton Head Island) (South Carolina)
Hilton Head Island measures 5,014.740 city blocks in total land area. The island (and city of the same name) is located in the Atlantic Ocean and is known as popular vacation destination.
It's about 100 times as big as Disney World
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The size of Disney World is about 4,650 city blocks.
(a.k.a. Walk Disney World Resort, a.k.a. Walt Disney World, a.k.a. WDW) (Lake Buena Vista and Bay Lake, Florida) (total site)
Disney World currently occupies 4,650 city blocks. Part of the former total area of 5,530 city blocks now comprises the Disney planned community of Celebration, Florida.
It's about 150 times as big as Coron Island
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The size of Coron Island is about 3,300 city blocks.
(Calamian Islands, Palawan, Philippines)
A popular tourist destination, Coron Island, measures about 3,300 city blocks in total area. The rocky offshore area of the island makes it popular for shipwreck diving, with some wrecks as shallow as 10 ft. under the water.
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