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It's about one-five-hundredth as big as Detroit
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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 500 times as big as a Hockey rink
The size of a Hockey rink is about 1.516828740 dunams.
(per NHL specification)
Per National Hockey League Official Rules, a hockey rink should measure 60.96 m long by 25.908 m wide with a corner arc radius of 8.5344 m, for a total area of about 1.516828740 dunams. Ice hockey is believed to have developed from field hockey after players began holding games on ice rinks, which had been traditionally used for the sport of curling.
It's about one-five-hundredth as big as The Isle of Wight
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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 600 times as big as Manchester Cathedral
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The size of Manchester Cathedral is about 1.2380 dunams.
(a.k.a. Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Mary, St Denys and St George) (Manchester, England, United Kingdom) (total interior area of Nave, Chapel, Library, Chapter House, and Rectory)
Manchester Cathedral includes a total interior area of 1.2380 dunams between the Nave, Chapel, Library, Chapter House, and Rectory. The height of the Cathedral's bell tower is 41.1 m.
It's about one-six-hundredth as big as San Jose
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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 650 times as big as Fort Knox
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The size of Fort Knox is about 1.180 dunams.
(a.k.a. the United States Bullion Depository, a.k.a. "Gold Vault") (Kentucky)
The United States Bullion Depository, commonly referred to by the metonym "Fort Knox" (in spite of the fact that the Depository is not located on the Fort proper), measures 32.0 m (105 ft) by 36.9 m (121 ft), for a total area of about 1.180 dunams. The Depository is most famous for housing the largest portion of the national gold reserve, but has also temporarily housed the original US Declaration of Independence, an original copy of the US Constitution, and other important documents, kept there for safe keeping during World War II.
It's about one-eight-hundredth as big as The Isle of Man
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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 one-eight-hundredth as big as Chicago
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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 one-eight-hundredth 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 one-eight-hundred-fiftieth as big as Manila
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The size of Manila is about 619,570 dunams.
(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 619,570 dunams. The area is host to a population of 12,877,253 people (as of 2015).
It's about one-one-thousandth as big as Bangalore
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The size of Bangalore is about 741,000 dunams.
(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 741,000 dunams in total area. Greater Bangalore is home to Electronic City, one of the largest IT parks in the country, covering over 3,200 dunams.
It's about one-one-thousandth as big as New York City
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The size of New York City is about 785,500 dunams.
(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 785,500 dunams 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 one-one-thousandth as big as San Diego
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The size of San Diego is about 839,900 dunams.
(California)
The second-largest city in California and the eleventh-largest in the United States as of 2009, San Diego measures 839,900 dunams in total area. The city is known for its defense manufacturing and biotechnology industries.
It's about one-one-thousandth as big as Dallas
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The size of Dallas is about 887,100 dunams.
(Texas)
The third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States as of 2009, Dallas measures 887,100 dunams 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 one-one-thousand-five-hundredth as big as Indianapolis
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The size of Indianapolis is about 936,300 dunams.
(Indiana) (Metropolitan Statistical Area)
The capital of and largest city in Indiana as of 2009, Indianapolis measures 936,300 dunams 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.
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