How big is 1,230,000 dunams?
It's about two times as big as Christchurch
The size of Christchurch is about 607,000 dunams.
(a.k.a Ōtautahi) (urban area) (New Zealand)
Ōtautahi Christchurch, New Zealand's gateway to Antarctica, measures 607,000 dunams in total area.
It's about two times as big as Chicago
The size of Chicago is about 588,200 dunams.
(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 588,200 dunams 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 two times as big as The Isle of Man
The size of The Isle of Man is about 572,000 dunams.
(a.k.a. Mannin, a.k.a. Ellan Vannin, a.k.a. Mann)
The Isle of Man, a self-governing territory of England, measures 572,000 dunams in total area. The territory of the Isle of Man also includes the small island of Chicken Rock, which adds an additional 1 dunams.
It's about two-fifths as big as Yosemite National Park
The size of Yosemite National Park is about 3,026,870 dunams.
(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 3,026,870 dunams in total area, of which 208,000 dunams 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 two-and-a-half times as big as San Jose
The size of San Jose is about 453,000 dunams.
(a.k.a. Capital of Silicon Valley) (California)
The third-largest city in California as of 2009, San Jose measures 453,000 dunams in total area. The city is known for its large technology industry.
It's about three times as big as The Isle of Wight
The size of The Isle of Wight is about 388,000 dunams.
(England, United Kingdom)
The Isle of Wight, located in the English Channel, just off the English mainland, measures 388,000 dunams 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 three-tenths as big as Rhode Island
The size of Rhode Island is about 4,001,660 dunams.
(a.k.a. The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, a.k.a. RI) (United States)
The "Ocean State," Rhode Island measures 4,001,660 dunams in total area. Several large bays totaling 2,706,000 dunams make up 32.4% of its total area.
It's about three-and-a-half times as big as Detroit
The size of Detroit is about 359,500 dunams.
(Michigan)
The largest city in Michigan as of 2009, Detroit measures 359,500 dunams 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 three-and-a-half times as big as Philadelphia
The size of Philadelphia is about 349,900 dunams.
(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 349,900 dunams 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 three-tenths as big as Kangaroo Island
The size of Kangaroo Island is about 4,405,000 dunams.
(a.k.a. Karta) (state of South Australia, Australia)
Kangaroo Island, off the southern coast of Australia, measures 4,405,000 dunams in total area. The island is famous for its ligurian bee colonies, exporting over 100 tonnes of honey each year.
It's about one-fourth as big as Fort Bliss
The size of Fort Bliss is about 4,530,000 dunams.
(near Las Cruces, New Mexico and El Paso, Texas)
Fort Bliss is the United States Army's second-largest installation with a total area of 4,530,000 dunams. It is known as the largest TRADOC (Training and Doctrine Command) site, the Army's largest maneuver area, and the country's largest contiguous tract of open airspace.
It's about four times as big as Dublin
The size of Dublin is about 317,500 dunams.
(a.k.a. Baile Átha Cliath) (Leinster, Ireland) (for metro Dublin City)
The city of Dublin and its surrounding metro areas measure 317,500 dunams. 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-fourth as big as Grand Canyon National Park
The size of Grand Canyon National Park is about 4,930,590.880 dunams.
(Coconino County and Mohave Counties, Arizona, near Fredonia and Grand Canyon, Arizona)
Containing the 446 km (277 mi) Grand Canyon gorge, Grand Canyon National Park covers 4,930,590 dunams.
It's about one-fourth as big as Calgary
The size of Calgary is about 5,110,210 dunams.
(Calgary metro) (Canada)
One of the largest cities in Canada, Calgary measures 5,110,210 dunams. Calgary has a large parks system, with 800 km of pathways connecting the city's various parks.
It's about one-fifth as big as Prince Edward Island
The size of Prince Edward Island is about 5,683,910 dunams.
(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 5,683,910 dunams 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.