How big is 2,600,000 dunams?
It's about one-fifth as big as Brisbane
The size of Brisbane is about 15,842,000 dunams.
(Greater Brisbane region) (Australia)
Brisbane, the most populous city in Australia, measures 15,842,000 dunams. Winding through the city is the Brisbane River, which is lined by the 870 m Bisbane Riverwalk.
It's about six-and-a-half 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 seven 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 one-tenth as big as Lake Ontario
The size of Lake Ontario is about 18,960,000 dunams.
(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 18,960,000 dunams. It borders the cities of Toronto, Ontario, Canada and Rochester, New York.
It's about seven-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 one-tenth as big as Wales
The size of Wales is about 20,732,000 dunams.
(a.k.a. Cymru) (total area)
The area of the country of Wales (in the United Kingdom) is 20,732,000 dunams. More than 764,700 dunams, 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 eight 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 ten times as big as Edinburgh
The size of Edinburgh is about 264,000 dunams.
(a.k.a. Edinburgh, a.k.a. Dùn Èideann, a.k.a. Edinburgum) (Scotland, United Kingdom)
Edinburgh, Scotland's capital, measures 264,000 dunams. Edinburgh Castle, atop Castle Rock, is the centerpiece of the city and has been continuously-occupied for over 1,800 years.
It's about one-tenth as big as Lake Erie
The size of Lake Erie is about 25,700,000 dunams.
(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 25,700,000 dunams. It borders the cities of Cleveland, Ohio and Toledo, Ohio.
It's about one-tenth as big as Hawaii
The size of Hawaii is about 28,311,110 dunams.
(a.k.a. Moku'āina o Hawai'i) (United States)
The "Aloha State," Hawaii measures 28,311,110 dunams in total area. A total of 137 islands make up the Hawaiian archipelago, with the eight principle islands measuring 16,634,500 dunams in combined total area.
It's about eleven-and-a-half times as big as Abel Tasman National Park
The size of Abel Tasman National Park is about 225,300 dunams.
(Tasman District, South Island, New Zealand)
New Zealand's Abel Tasman National Park measures about 225,300 dunams 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 7,900 dunams.
It's about one-tenth as big as Belgium
The size of Belgium is about 30,528,000 dunams.
(a.k.a. Kingdom of Belgium, a.k.a. Koninkrijk Belgi&, a.k.a. Royaume de Belgique, a.k.a. K&nigreich Belgien)
Belgium measures 30,528,000 dunams in total area. Contrary to their name, french fries were developed in Belgium (known at the time as the Southern Netherlands) in the late 17th century.
It's about one-tenth as big as Vancouver Island
The size of Vancouver Island is about 31,285,000 dunams.
(a.k.a. Quadra's and Vancouver's Island) (British Columbia, Canada)
Vancouver Island, in the northern Pacific, measures 31,285,000 dunams. The island is home to the Comox Glacier, which reaches 1,960 m in height.
It's about fourteen-and-a-half times as big as Washington, D.C.
The size of Washington, D.C. is about 177,000 dunams.
(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 177,000 dunams 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-twentieth as big as Lake Michigan
The size of Lake Michigan is about 57,800,000 dunams.
(surface area)
The third largest of North America's Great Lakes (by surface area), Lake Michigan has a total area of 57,800,000 dunams. It borders the cities of Chicago, Illinois; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Green Bay, Wisconsin