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It's about as big as Detroit
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The size of Detroit is about 88,830 acres.
(Michigan)
The largest city in Michigan as of 2009, Detroit measures 88,830 acres 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 one-and-one-tenth times as big as Philadelphia
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The size of Philadelphia is about 86,460 acres.
(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 86,460 acres 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 nine-tenths as big as The Isle of Wight
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The size of The Isle of Wight is about 95,900 acres.
(England, United Kingdom)
The Isle of Wight, located in the English Channel, just off the English mainland, measures 95,900 acres 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-and-one-tenth times as big as Dublin
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The size of Dublin is about 78,460 acres.
(a.k.a. Baile Átha Cliath) (Leinster, Ireland) (for metro Dublin City)
The city of Dublin and its surrounding metro areas measure 78,460 acres. Dublin is home to the Spire of Dublin, a stainless steel monument built in 2003 that rises to 121.2 m in height.
It's about four-fifths as big as San Jose
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The size of San Jose is about 112,000 acres.
(a.k.a. Capital of Silicon Valley) (California)
The third-largest city in California as of 2009, San Jose measures 112,000 acres in total area. The city is known for its large technology industry.
It's about one-and-one-third times as big as Edinburgh
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The size of Edinburgh is about 65,200 acres.
(a.k.a. Edinburgh, a.k.a. Dùn Èideann, a.k.a. Edinburgum) (Scotland, United Kingdom)
Edinburgh, Scotland's capital, measures 65,200 acres. Edinburgh Castle, atop Castle Rock, is the centerpiece of the city and has been continuously-occupied for over 1,800 years.
It's about three-fifths as big as The Isle of Man
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The size of The Isle of Man is about 141,000 acres.
(a.k.a. Mannin, a.k.a. Ellan Vannin, a.k.a. Mann)
The Isle of Man, a self-governing territory of England, measures 141,000 acres in total area. The territory of the Isle of Man also includes the small island of Chicken Rock, which adds an additional 0.2470 acres.
It's about one-and-three-fifths times as big as Abel Tasman National Park
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The size of Abel Tasman National Park is about 55,670 acres.
(Tasman District, South Island, New Zealand)
New Zealand's Abel Tasman National Park measures about 55,670 acres in total area. The size of the park has increased over the years as donated parcels of land have been added to it, with the last expansion in 2008 adding 1,952 acres.
It's about three-fifths as big as Chicago
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The size of Chicago is about 145,300 acres.
(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 145,300 acres 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 three-fifths as big as Christchurch
The size of Christchurch is about 150,000 acres.
(a.k.a Ōtautahi) (urban area) (New Zealand)
Ōtautahi Christchurch, New Zealand's gateway to Antarctica, measures 150,000 acres in total area.
It's about three-fifths as big as Manila
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The size of Manila is about 153,100 acres.
(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 153,100 acres. The area is host to a population of 12,877,253 people (as of 2015).
It's about two times as big as Washington, D.C.
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The size of Washington, D.C. is about 43,700 acres.
(formally the District of Columbia, a.k.a. Washington, a.k.a. the District, a.k.a. DC) (United State)
The United States' capital and only federal district, Washington, D.C. is a 43,700 acres area located between the states of Virginia and Maryland. Washington, D.C. is known as the center of each of the three branches of the United States federal government and as home to many of the nation's monuments, museums, and foreign embassies.
It's about half as big as Bangalore
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The size of Bangalore is about 183,000 acres.
(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 183,000 acres in total area. Greater Bangalore is home to Electronic City, one of the largest IT parks in the country, covering over 791 acres.
It's about half as big as New York City
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The size of New York City is about 194,100 acres.
(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 194,100 acres 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 two-fifths as big as San Diego
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The size of San Diego is about 207,500 acres.
(California)
The second-largest city in California and the eleventh-largest in the United States as of 2009, San Diego measures 207,500 acres in total area. The city is known for its defense manufacturing and biotechnology industries.
 
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