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It's about twenty times as big as Rhode Island
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The size of Rhode Island is about 1,545.05 square miles.
(a.k.a. The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, a.k.a. RI) (United States)
The "Ocean State," Rhode Island measures 1,545.05 square miles in total area. Several large bays totaling 1,044.790 square miles make up 32.4% of its total area.
It's about thirty times as big as Yosemite National Park
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The size of Yosemite National Park is about 1,168.680 square miles.
(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 1,168.680 square miles in total area, of which 80.30920 square miles 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 forty times as big as Cape Town
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The size of Cape Town is about 950.20 square miles.
(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 950.20 square miles 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 55 times as big as Stewart Island
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The size of Stewart Island is about 648.70 square miles.
(a.k.a. Rakiura) (Southland, New Zealand) (total land area)
Stewart Island, New Zealand's third-largest island measures 648.70 square miles. Eighty-five percent of the Island, or about 540.50 square miles, is Rakiura National Park, which opened in 2002.
It's about 60 times as big as London
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The size of London is about 609.70 square miles.
(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 609.70 square miles. 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 65 times as big as Houston
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The size of Houston is about 579.50 square miles.
(Texas)
The largest city in Texas and the fourth-largest city in the United States as of 2009, Houston measures 579.50 square miles 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 65 times as big as Delihi
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The size of Delihi is about 572.60 square miles.
(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 572.60 square miles. Delhi has one of the highest road densities in the country of India, with 29,648 km of roads.
It's about 70 times as big as Wellington
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The size of Wellington is about 535.90 square miles.
(Te Whanganui-a-Tara) (New Zealand) (Wellington metro area)
The capital of New Zealand, Wellington covers 535.90 square miles 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 75 times as big as Phoenix
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The size of Phoenix is about 475 square miles.
(Arizona)
The capital of and largest city in Arizona and fifth-largest city in the United States as of 2009, Phoenix measures 475 square miles in total area. The city is known as an economic and cultural center of the American Southwest.
It's about 80 times as big as Los Angeles
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The size of Los Angeles is about 469.10 square miles.
(a.k.a. LA, a.k.a. City of Angels) (California)
The largest city in California and the sixth-largest city in the United States, Los Angeles measures 469.10 square miles in total area. The city is known as the "Entertainment Capital of the World" for its contributions to media, entertainment, and culture.
It's about 90 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 one-ninetieth as big as Brazil
The size of Brazil is about 3,287,612 square miles.
(a.k.a. Brasil, formally the Federative Republic of Brazil, a.k.a. Rep&blica Federativa do Brasil)
Brazil measures 3,287,612 square miles in total area. Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and eighth-largest economy (by GDP).
It's about 100 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 one-one-hundredth as big as China
The size of China is about 3,705,407 square miles.
(a.k.a. People's Republic of China, a.k.a. 中华人民共和国, a.k.a.中華人民共和國 , a.k.a. Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghég) (UN mainland area figure)
Mainland China, as measured by the United Nations (excluding China's Special Administrative Regions — Hong Kong and Macau — and disputed territories such as Taiwan, Askai Chin, and the Trans-Karakoram Tract), occupies 3,705,407 square miles in total area . China is the the most populous country in the world and the third or fourth largest (depending on areas included in the measurement) in total area.
It's about one-one-hundredth as big as United States
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The size of United States is about 3,794,100 square miles.
(a.k.a. United States of America, a.k.a. America, a.k.a. USA, a.k.a. US)
The third or fourth largest country in the world (there is some dispute in how China's total area is measured), the United States measures 3,794,100 square miles in total area. The United States is the third-most populous country in the world, home to over 300 million people.
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