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It's about 550 times as big as The Great Banyan Tree
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The size of The Great Banyan Tree is about 3.560 acres.
(a.k.a. The Great Banyan, a.k.a. Ficus benghalensis) (Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, Howrah, West Bengal, India)
The Great Banyan Tree is a single tree in the Indian Botanic Garden in West Bengal with aerial roots covering a total area of about 3.560 acres. While its exact age is unknown, the tree has been noted in guidebooks for over 200 years.
It's about one-five-hundred-fiftieth as big as Kangaroo Island
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The size of Kangaroo Island is about 1,088,000 acres.
(a.k.a. Karta) (state of South Australia, Australia)
Kangaroo Island, off the southern coast of Australia, measures 1,088,000 acres in total area. The island is famous for its ligurian bee colonies, exporting over 100 tonnes of honey each year.
It's about one-five-hundred-fiftieth as big as Fort Bliss
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The size of Fort Bliss is about 1,120,000 acres.
(near Las Cruces, New Mexico and El Paso, Texas)
Fort Bliss is the United States Army's second-largest installation with a total area of 1,120,000 acres. It is known as the largest TRADOC (Training and Doctrine Command) site, the Army's largest maneuver area, and the country's largest contiguous tract of open airspace.
It's about one-six-hundredth as big as Grand Canyon National Park
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The size of Grand Canyon National Park is about 1,218,375.540 acres.
(Coconino County and Mohave Counties, Arizona, near Fredonia and Grand Canyon, Arizona)
Containing the 446 km (277 mi) Grand Canyon gorge, Grand Canyon National Park covers 1,218,375.320 acres.
It's about one-six-hundred-fiftieth as big as Calgary
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The size of Calgary is about 1,262,760 acres.
(Calgary metro) (Canada)
One of the largest cities in Canada, Calgary measures 1,262,760 acres. Calgary has a large parks system, with 800 km of pathways connecting the city's various parks.
It's about 650 times as big as Trafalgar Square
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The size of Trafalgar Square is about 3 acres.
(a.k.a. Charing Cross) (City of Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom)
Trafalgar Square, a public square in London, measures about 3 acres. m in total area. At the center of the Square is the 52 m Nelson's Column monument, built in the 1840s.
It's about one-seven-hundredth as big as Prince Edward Island
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The size of Prince Edward Island is about 1,404,520 acres.
(a.k.a. PEI, a.k.a. P.E.I., a.k.a. Île-du-Prince-Édouard, a.k.a. Eilean a' Phrionnsa, a.k.a. Garden of the Gulf, a.k.a. Birthplace of the Confederation, a.k.a. Île Saint-Jean)
Prince Edward Island, located off Canada's eastern coast in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, measures 1,404,520 acres in total area. Significant among Prince Edward Island's industries is agriculture, with the island producing 1.3 billion kg (1.4 million tons) of potatoes each year — almost 21% the output of the US state of Idaho with 3% as much land.
It's about 800 times as big as a City Block (Manhattan)
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The size of a City Block (Manhattan) is about 2 acres.
(per Bridges, William - 1811 Commissioner's Plan for New York City) (approximate)
A Manhattan city block measures about 200 m between the Northeast-Southwest streets by about 60 m between the Northwest-Southeast streets for a total area of about 2 acres. There are roughly 2,000 blocks within the city, representing one of the most prolific applications of the city planning grid plan in history.
It's about one-eight-hundredth as big as Tshwane
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The size of Tshwane is about 1,574,000 acres.
(a.k.a. Pretoria, a.k.a. ePitoli, a.k.a. Jacaranda City) (Gauteng, South Africa) (for Tshwane metro area)
Tshwane, South Africa's executive capital, measures 1,574,000 acres in total metro area. The Reserve Bank of South Africa is the city's tallest building at 150 m in height.
It's about one-eight-hundred-fiftieth as big as Ottawa
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The size of Ottawa is about 1,672,260 acres.
(a.k.a. Ville d'Ottawa) (Ottawa metropolitan area) (Canada)
The capital and fourth-largest city of Canada, Ottawa measures 1,672,260 acres. For many years, the skyline of Ottawa was dominated by the Peace Tower (la Tour de la Paix), with city ordinances preventing other structures from exceeding its 92.2 m height.
It's about 1,000 times as big as The Palace of Holyroodhouse
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The size of The Palace of Holyroodhouse is about 2 acres.
(a.k.a. Holyrood Palace) (Royal Mile, Old Town, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom) (Palace without gardens)
The Palace of Holyroodhouse, the residence of the British Monarch in Scotland, measures about 2 acres, on a total grounds area of about 9.90 acres. Each year, the Palace hosts a Garden Party, serving 8,000 guests from a 150-meter-long buffet table.
It's about 1,000 times as big as Seal Island
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The size of Seal Island is about 2 acres.
(Western Cape province, South Africa)
Seal Island, named for the tens of thousands of Cape Fur Seals that live there, measures about 2 acres. The large number seals attract great white sharks, who circle the island in a so-called "Ring of Death."
It's about 1,500 times as big as The White House
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The size of The White House is about 1.50 acres.
(Washington, DC) (including wings)
Housing the presidency, the White House occupies six stories and a total of 1.50 acres of floor space. This space includes 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, 28 fireplaces, and 3 elevators, as well as a tennis court, bowling alley, movie theater, jogging track, swimming pool, and putting green.
It's about one-one-thousand-five-hundredth as big as Hawaii (Island)
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The size of Hawaii (Island) is about 2,577,930 acres.
(a.k.a. Hawaii, a.k.a. The Big Island) (Hawaii)
The largest of the main Hawaiian Islands and the largest island in the United States, Hawaii measures 2,577,930 acres in total area. It is known for its continuously erupting (for the past two decades, as of 2011) volcano, Kīlauea, and for the black sand beaches formed by the lava flow.
It's about 1,500 times as big as a Football field
The size of a Football field is about 1.322314050 acres.
(American) (per NFL regulation)
Per NFL rules, a football field should measure 109.728 m (120 yards) long by 48.768 m wide, for a total area of 1.322314050 acres. Due to a blizzard, the first NFL playoff game in 1932 was held indoors in Chicago Stadium (it was also the first indoor game) on a field measuring just 55 m by 40.0 m, for a total area of 0.54363183920 acres.
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