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It's about 8,000 times as big as San Antonio
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The size of San Antonio is about 407.70 square miles.
(Texas)
The second-largest city in Texas and the seventh-largest in the United States as of 2009, San Antonio measures 407.70 square miles in total area. The city is known for its tourist attractions, including the Alamo Mission and the annual San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo.
It's about 9,000 times as big as Indianapolis
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The size of Indianapolis is about 361.50 square miles.
(Indiana) (Metropolitan Statistical Area)
The capital of and largest city in Indiana as of 2009, Indianapolis measures 361.50 square miles 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.
It's about 9,500 times as big as Dallas
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The size of Dallas is about 342.50 square miles.
(Texas)
The third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States as of 2009, Dallas measures 342.50 square miles 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 10,000 times as big as San Diego
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The size of San Diego is about 324.30 square miles.
(California)
The second-largest city in California and the eleventh-largest in the United States as of 2009, San Diego measures 324.30 square miles in total area. The city is known for its defense manufacturing and biotechnology industries.
It's about 10,000 times as big as New York City
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The size of New York City is about 303.30 square miles.
(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 303.30 square miles 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 10,000 times as big as Bangalore
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The size of Bangalore is about 286 square miles.
(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 286 square miles in total area. Greater Bangalore is home to Electronic City, one of the largest IT parks in the country, covering over 1.240 square miles.
It's about 15,000 times as big as Manila
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The size of Manila is about 239.220 square miles.
(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 239.220 square miles. The area is host to a population of 12,877,253 people (as of 2015).
It's about 15,000 times as big as Christchurch
The size of Christchurch is about 234 square miles.
(a.k.a Ōtautahi) (urban area) (New Zealand)
Ōtautahi Christchurch, New Zealand's gateway to Antarctica, measures 234 square miles in total area.
It's about 15,000 times as big as Chicago
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The size of Chicago is about 227.10 square miles.
(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 227.10 square miles 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 15,000 times as big as The Isle of Man
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The size of The Isle of Man is about 221 square miles.
(a.k.a. Mannin, a.k.a. Ellan Vannin, a.k.a. Mann)
The Isle of Man, a self-governing territory of England, measures 221 square miles in total area. The territory of the Isle of Man also includes the small island of Chicken Rock, which adds an additional 0.000386 square miles.
It's about 20,000 times as big as San Jose
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The size of San Jose is about 175 square miles.
(a.k.a. Capital of Silicon Valley) (California)
The third-largest city in California as of 2009, San Jose measures 175 square miles in total area. The city is known for its large technology industry.
It's about 20,000 times as big as The Isle of Wight
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The size of The Isle of Wight is about 150 square miles.
(England, United Kingdom)
The Isle of Wight, located in the English Channel, just off the English mainland, measures 150 square miles 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 25,000 times as big as Detroit
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The size of Detroit is about 138.80 square miles.
(Michigan)
The largest city in Michigan as of 2009, Detroit measures 138.80 square miles 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 25,000 times as big as Philadelphia
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The size of Philadelphia is about 135.10 square miles.
(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 135.10 square miles 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 25,000 times as big as Dublin
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The size of Dublin is about 122.60 square miles.
(a.k.a. Baile Átha Cliath) (Leinster, Ireland) (for metro Dublin City)
The city of Dublin and its surrounding metro areas measure 122.60 square miles. Dublin is home to the Spire of Dublin, a stainless steel monument built in 2003 that rises to 121.2 m in height.
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