How big is 679 square kilometers?
It's about one-and-nine-tenths times as big as Philadelphia
The size of Philadelphia is about 349.90 square kilometers.
(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 349.9 sq. km 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 half as big as Wellington
The size of Wellington is about 1,388 square kilometers.
(Te Whanganui-a-Tara) (New Zealand) (Wellington metro area)
The capital of New Zealand, Wellington covers 1,388 sq. km 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 two times as big as Dublin
The size of Dublin is about 317.50 square kilometers.
(a.k.a. Baile Átha Cliath) (Leinster, Ireland) (for metro Dublin City)
The city of Dublin and its surrounding metro areas measure 317.5 sq. km. 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 half as big as Delihi
The size of Delihi is about 1,483 square kilometers.
(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 1,483 sq. km. Delhi has one of the highest road densities in the country of India, with 29,648 km of roads.
It's about half as big as Houston
The size of Houston is about 1,501 square kilometers.
(Texas)
The largest city in Texas and the fourth-largest city in the United States as of 2009, Houston measures 1,501 sq. km 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 two-fifths as big as London
The size of London is about 1,579 square kilometers.
(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 1,579 sq. km. 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 two-fifths as big as Stewart Island
The size of Stewart Island is about 1,680 square kilometers.
(a.k.a. Rakiura) (Southland, New Zealand) (total land area)
Stewart Island, New Zealand's third-largest island measures 1,680 sq. km. Eighty-five percent of the Island, or about 1,400 sq. km, is Rakiura National Park, which opened in 2002.
It's about two-and-a-half times as big as Edinburgh
The size of Edinburgh is about 264 square kilometers.
(a.k.a. Edinburgh, a.k.a. Dùn Èideann, a.k.a. Edinburgum) (Scotland, United Kingdom)
Edinburgh, Scotland's capital, measures 264 sq. km. Edinburgh Castle, atop Castle Rock, is the centerpiece of the city and has been continuously-occupied for over 1,800 years.
It's about three times as big as Abel Tasman National Park
The size of Abel Tasman National Park is about 225.30 square kilometers.
(Tasman District, South Island, New Zealand)
New Zealand's Abel Tasman National Park measures about 225.30 sq. km 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 7.9 sq. km.
It's about three-tenths as big as Cape Town
The size of Cape Town is about 2,461 square kilometers.
(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 2,461 sq. km 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 four times as big as Washington, D.C.
The size of Washington, D.C. is about 177 square kilometers.
(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 sq. km 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-fifth as big as Yosemite National Park
The size of Yosemite National Park is about 3,026.870 square kilometers.
(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 3,026.87 sq. km in total area, of which 20 sq. km 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 Rhode Island
The size of Rhode Island is about 4,001.660 square kilometers.
(a.k.a. The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, a.k.a. RI) (United States)
The "Ocean State," Rhode Island measures 4,001.66 sq. km in total area. Several large bays totaling 2,706 sq. km make up 32.4% of its total area.
It's about six times as big as Hilton Head
The size of Hilton Head is about 108.8620 square kilometers.
(a.k.a. Hilton Head Island) (South Carolina)
Hilton Head Island measures 108.862 sq. km 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 one-fifth as big as Kangaroo Island
The size of Kangaroo Island is about 4,405 square kilometers.
(a.k.a. Karta) (state of South Australia, Australia)
Kangaroo Island, off the southern coast of Australia, measures 4,405 sq. km in total area. The island is famous for its ligurian bee colonies, exporting over 100 tonnes of honey each year.