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It's about three times as big as Kangaroo Island
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The size of Kangaroo Island is about 202,900 city blocks.
(a.k.a. Karta) (state of South Australia, Australia)
Kangaroo Island, off the southern coast of Australia, measures 202,900 city blocks in total area. The island is famous for its ligurian bee colonies, exporting over 100 tonnes of honey each year.
It's about three times as big as Rhode Island
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The size of Rhode Island is about 184,340 city blocks.
(a.k.a. The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, a.k.a. RI) (United States)
The "Ocean State," Rhode Island measures 184,340 city blocks in total area. Several large bays totaling 124,655 city blocks make up 32.4% of its total area.
It's about four times as big as Yosemite National Park
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The size of Yosemite National Park is about 139,436 city blocks.
(Tuolumne, Mariposa, and Madera counties, California, near Mariposa, California) (total land area)
Famous for its granite cliffs and Giant Sequoia groves, Yosemite National Park is 139,436 city blocks in total area, of which 9,581.720 city blocks is the well-known Yosemite Valley. The Park is known as the home of Yosemite Falls — the highest waterfall in North America and sixth highest in the world at 739 m (2,420 ft)
It's about one-fifth as big as Lake Michigan
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The size of Lake Michigan is about 2,660,000 city blocks.
(surface area)
The third largest of North America's Great Lakes (by surface area), Lake Michigan has a total area of 2,660,000 city blocks. It borders the cities of Chicago, Illinois; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Green Bay, Wisconsin
It's about one-fifth as big as Lake Huron
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The size of Lake Huron is about 2,750,000 city blocks.
(a.k.a. Lac Huron) (surface area)
The second largest of North America's Great Lakes (by surface area), Lake Huron has a total area of 2,750,000 city blocks. It borders the cities of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, and Bay City, Michigan.
It's about five times as big as Cape Town
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The size of Cape Town is about 113,400 city blocks.
(a.k.a. Kaapstad, a.k.a. iKapa, a.k.a. The Mother City) (Western Cape, South Africa) (for Cape Town metro area)
Cape Town, South Africa's legislative capital, measures 113,400 city blocks in total metro area. The core of Cape Town lies at the base of Table Mountain (a.k.a. Huriǂoaxa, a.k.a. Tafelberg), a 1,084.6 m peak.
It's about one-fifth as big as Lake Superior
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The size of Lake Superior is about 3,780,000 city blocks.
(a.k.a. Lac Supérieur, a.k.a. Gitchigumi, a.k.a. Gitche Gumee) (surface area)
Both the largest of North America's Great Lakes and the largest freshwater lake in the world (by surface area), Lake Superior has a total area of 3,780,000 city blocks. It borders the cities of Duluth, Minnesota and Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
It's about one-tenth as big as The Island of Ireland
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The size of The Island of Ireland is about 3,888,900 city blocks.
(a.k.a. Éire, a.k.a. Airlann)
The island of Ireland - split between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland - covers 3,888,900 city blocks. The island has been populated for over 9,000 years.
It's about seven-and-a-half times as big as Stewart Island
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The size of Stewart Island is about 77,390 city blocks.
(a.k.a. Rakiura) (Southland, New Zealand) (total land area)
Stewart Island, New Zealand's third-largest island measures 77,390 city blocks. Eighty-five percent of the Island, or about 64,490 city blocks, is Rakiura National Park, which opened in 2002.
It's about eight times as big as London
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The size of London is about 72,740 city blocks.
(a.k.a. Greater London) (London Region) (England, United Kingdom)
London, one of the most important global cities in the world, currently occupies a total area of 72,740 city blocks. For more than one hundred years, between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, it was the largest city in the world by population.
It's about eight-and-a-half times as big as Houston
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The size of Houston is about 69,150 city blocks.
(Texas)
The largest city in Texas and the fourth-largest city in the United States as of 2009, Houston measures 69,150 city blocks in total area. The city is known for its broad corporate base, prominence in oilfield equipment, and for its port, which accepts more cargo than any other port in the United States.
It's about eight-and-a-half times as big as Delihi
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The size of Delihi is about 68,320 city blocks.
(a.k.a. Dillī, a.k.a. Dillī, a.k.a. Dēhlī, formally National Capital Territory of Delhi) (India)
Delhi, the capital union territory of India, covers 68,320 city blocks. Delhi has one of the highest road densities in the country of India, with 29,648 km of roads.
It's about nine times as big as Wellington
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The size of Wellington is about 63,940 city blocks.
(Te Whanganui-a-Tara) (New Zealand) (Wellington metro area)
The capital of New Zealand, Wellington covers 63,940 city blocks in total area. The Old Government Buildings, the former site of Kiwi government administration for over one-hundred years, is one of the largest wooden buildings in the world.
It's about ten times as big as Phoenix
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The size of Phoenix is about 56,700 city blocks.
(Arizona)
The capital of and largest city in Arizona and fifth-largest city in the United States as of 2009, Phoenix measures 56,700 city blocks in total area. The city is known as an economic and cultural center of the American Southwest.
It's about ten-and-a-half times as big as Los Angeles
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The size of Los Angeles is about 55,970 city blocks.
(a.k.a. LA, a.k.a. City of Angels) (California)
The largest city in California and the sixth-largest city in the United States, Los Angeles measures 55,970 city blocks in total area. The city is known as the "Entertainment Capital of the World" for its contributions to media, entertainment, and culture.
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