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It's about 550 times as big as Manchester Cathedral
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The size of Manchester Cathedral is about 48.950 square perches.
(a.k.a. Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Mary, St Denys and St George) (Manchester, England, United Kingdom) (total interior area of Nave, Chapel, Library, Chapter House, and Rectory)
Manchester Cathedral includes a total interior area of 48.950 square perches between the Nave, Chapel, Library, Chapter House, and Rectory. The height of the Cathedral's bell tower is 41.1 m.
It's about one-five-hundred-fiftieth as big as Philadelphia
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The size of Philadelphia is about 13,830,000 square perches.
(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 13,830,000 square perches 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 one-five-hundred-fiftieth as big as Detroit
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The size of Detroit is about 14,210,000 square perches.
(Michigan)
The largest city in Michigan as of 2009, Detroit measures 14,210,000 square perches 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 550 times as big as Fort Knox
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The size of Fort Knox is about 46.70 square perches.
(a.k.a. the United States Bullion Depository, a.k.a. "Gold Vault") (Kentucky)
The United States Bullion Depository, commonly referred to by the metonym "Fort Knox" (in spite of the fact that the Depository is not located on the Fort proper), measures 32.0 m (105 ft) by 36.9 m (121 ft), for a total area of about 46.70 square perches. The Depository is most famous for housing the largest portion of the national gold reserve, but has also temporarily housed the original US Declaration of Independence, an original copy of the US Constitution, and other important documents, kept there for safe keeping during World War II.
It's about one-six-hundredth as big as The Isle of Wight
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The size of The Isle of Wight is about 15,300,000 square perches.
(England, United Kingdom)
The Isle of Wight, located in the English Channel, just off the English mainland, measures 15,300,000 square perches 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 one-seven-hundredth as big as San Jose
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The size of San Jose is about 17,900,000 square perches.
(a.k.a. Capital of Silicon Valley) (California)
The third-largest city in California as of 2009, San Jose measures 17,900,000 square perches in total area. The city is known for its large technology industry.
It's about one-eight-hundred-fiftieth as big as The Isle of Man
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The size of The Isle of Man is about 22,600,000 square perches.
(a.k.a. Mannin, a.k.a. Ellan Vannin, a.k.a. Mann)
The Isle of Man, a self-governing territory of England, measures 22,600,000 square perches in total area. The territory of the Isle of Man also includes the small island of Chicken Rock, which adds an additional 39.50 square perches.
It's about one-nine-hundredth as big as Chicago
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The size of Chicago is about 23,260,000 square perches.
(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 23,260,000 square perches 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 one-nine-hundred-fiftieth as big as Christchurch
The size of Christchurch is about 24,000,000 square perches.
(a.k.a Ōtautahi) (urban area) (New Zealand)
Ōtautahi Christchurch, New Zealand's gateway to Antarctica, measures 24,000,000 square perches in total area.
It's about one-nine-hundred-fiftieth as big as Manila
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The size of Manila is about 24,496,000 square perches.
(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 24,496,000 square perches. The area is host to a population of 12,877,253 people (as of 2015).
It's about one-one-thousandth as big as Bangalore
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The size of Bangalore is about 29,300,000 square perches.
(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 29,300,000 square perches in total area. Greater Bangalore is home to Electronic City, one of the largest IT parks in the country, covering over 127,000 square perches.
It's about one-one-thousandth as big as New York City
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The size of New York City is about 31,060,000 square perches.
(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 31,060,000 square perches 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 one-one-thousand-five-hundredth as big as San Diego
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The size of San Diego is about 33,210,000 square perches.
(California)
The second-largest city in California and the eleventh-largest in the United States as of 2009, San Diego measures 33,210,000 square perches in total area. The city is known for its defense manufacturing and biotechnology industries.
It's about 1,500 times as big as a Basketball court
The size of a Basketball court is about 19.59595960 square perches.
(per NBA regulation)
Per NBA rules , a basketball court should measure 29.5656 m long by 16.764 m wide, for a total area of 19.59595960 square perches. The first basketball game, held in a Springfield Massachusetts YMCA, was played on a court half the size of today's NBA standard and ended with a score of 1-0.
It's about one-one-thousand-five-hundredth as big as Dallas
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The size of Dallas is about 35,070,000 square perches.
(Texas)
The third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States as of 2009, Dallas measures 35,070,000 square perches 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.
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