How big is 105,000 arpents?
It's about as big as Detroit
The size of Detroit is about 105,000 arpents.
(Michigan)
The largest city in Michigan as of 2009, Detroit measures 105,000 arpents 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
The size of Philadelphia is about 102,200 arpents.
(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 102,200 arpents 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
The size of The Isle of Wight is about 113,000 arpents.
(England, United Kingdom)
The Isle of Wight, located in the English Channel, just off the English mainland, measures 113,000 arpents 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
The size of Dublin is about 92,710 arpents.
(a.k.a. Baile Átha Cliath) (Leinster, Ireland) (for metro Dublin City)
The city of Dublin and its surrounding metro areas measure 92,710 arpents. 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
The size of San Jose is about 132,000 arpents.
(a.k.a. Capital of Silicon Valley) (California)
The third-largest city in California as of 2009, San Jose measures 132,000 arpents in total area. The city is known for its large technology industry.
It's about one-and-one-third times as big as Edinburgh
The size of Edinburgh is about 77,100 arpents.
(a.k.a. Edinburgh, a.k.a. Dùn Èideann, a.k.a. Edinburgum) (Scotland, United Kingdom)
Edinburgh, Scotland's capital, measures 77,100 arpents. 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
The size of The Isle of Man is about 167,000 arpents.
(a.k.a. Mannin, a.k.a. Ellan Vannin, a.k.a. Mann)
The Isle of Man, a self-governing territory of England, measures 167,000 arpents in total area. The territory of the Isle of Man also includes the small island of Chicken Rock, which adds an additional 0.2920 arpents.
It's about one-and-three-fifths times as big as Abel Tasman National Park
The size of Abel Tasman National Park is about 65,790 arpents.
(Tasman District, South Island, New Zealand)
New Zealand's Abel Tasman National Park measures about 65,790 arpents 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 2,307 arpents.
It's about three-fifths as big as Chicago
The size of Chicago is about 171,700 arpents.
(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 171,700 arpents 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 177,000 arpents.
(a.k.a Ōtautahi) (urban area) (New Zealand)
Ōtautahi Christchurch, New Zealand's gateway to Antarctica, measures 177,000 arpents in total area.
It's about three-fifths as big as Manila
The size of Manila is about 180,910 arpents.
(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 180,910 arpents. 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.
The size of Washington, D.C. is about 51,700 arpents.
(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 51,700 arpents 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
The size of Bangalore is about 216,000 arpents.
(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 216,000 arpents in total area. Greater Bangalore is home to Electronic City, one of the largest IT parks in the country, covering over 934 arpents.
It's about half as big as New York City
The size of New York City is about 229,400 arpents.
(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 229,400 arpents 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
The size of San Diego is about 245,200 arpents.
(California)
The second-largest city in California and the eleventh-largest in the United States as of 2009, San Diego measures 245,200 arpents in total area. The city is known for its defense manufacturing and biotechnology industries.