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It's about as big as Cape Town
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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-fifths as big as Yosemite National Park
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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-and-a-half times as big as Stewart Island
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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 one-and-three-fifths times as big as London
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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 three-fifths as big as Rhode Island
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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 one-and-two-thirds times as big as Houston
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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 one-and-two-thirds times as big as Delihi
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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 one-and-three-fourths times as big as Wellington
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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 three-fifths as big as Kangaroo Island
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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.
It's about half as big as Fort Bliss
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The size of Fort Bliss is about 4,530 square kilometers.
(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 4,530 sq. km. 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 two times as big as Phoenix
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The size of Phoenix is about 1,230 square kilometers.
(Arizona)
The capital of and largest city in Arizona and fifth-largest city in the United States as of 2009, Phoenix measures 1,230 sq. km in total area. The city is known as an economic and cultural center of the American Southwest.
It's about half as big as Grand Canyon National Park
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The size of Grand Canyon National Park is about 4,930.590880 square kilometers.
(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 4,930.59088 sq. km.
It's about two times as big as Los Angeles
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The size of Los Angeles is about 1,215 square kilometers.
(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 1,215 sq. km 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 half as big as Calgary
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The size of Calgary is about 5,110.210 square kilometers.
(Calgary metro) (Canada)
One of the largest cities in Canada, Calgary measures 5,110.21 sq. km. Calgary has a large parks system, with 800 km of pathways connecting the city's various parks.
It's about two-fifths as big as Prince Edward Island
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The size of Prince Edward Island is about 5,683.910 square kilometers.
(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 5,683.91 sq. km 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.
 
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