How big is 12,000 hectares?
It's about one-tenth as big as Los Angeles
The size of Los Angeles is about 121,500 hectares.
(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 121,500 hectares 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 one-tenth as big as Phoenix
The size of Phoenix is about 123,000 hectares.
(Arizona)
The capital of and largest city in Arizona and fifth-largest city in the United States as of 2009, Phoenix measures 123,000 hectares in total area. The city is known as an economic and cultural center of the American Southwest.
It's about ten-and-a-half times as big as Mackinac Island
The size of Mackinac Island is about 1,130.70 hectares.
(Michigan)
Mackinac Island measures 1,131 hectares in total land area. The island is located in Lake Huron and is known as a historically-cultured tourist destination and summer colony, home to the well-known Victorian Grand Hotel.
It's about eleven times as big as Dublin International Airport (DUB)
The size of Dublin International Airport (DUB) is about 1,084 hectares.
(a.k.a. Aerfort Bhaile Átha Cliath) (Collinstown, Leinster, Ireland) (total site area)
Dublin International Airport covers a total area of 1,084 hectares, including two passenger terminals, outbuildings, and two main runways. The total length of both runways is 4,709 m.
It's about one-tenth as big as Wellington
The size of Wellington is about 138,800 hectares.
(Te Whanganui-a-Tara) (New Zealand) (Wellington metro area)
The capital of New Zealand, Wellington covers 138,800 hectares 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 eleven-and-a-half times as big as Boracay Island
The size of Boracay Island is about 1,032 hectares.
(Malay, Aklan, Philippines)
Frequently called "the best island in the world," Boracay Island measures 1,032 hectares. The most famous destination of the Island is the 4-km-long White Beach.
It's about one-tenth as big as Delihi
The size of Delihi is about 148,300 hectares.
(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 148,300 hectares. Delhi has one of the highest road densities in the country of India, with 29,648 km of roads.
It's about one-fifteenth as big as Houston
The size of Houston is about 150,100 hectares.
(Texas)
The largest city in Texas and the fourth-largest city in the United States as of 2009, Houston measures 150,100 hectares 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-fifteenth as big as London
The size of London is about 157,900 hectares.
(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 157,900 hectares. 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 one-fifteenth as big as Stewart Island
The size of Stewart Island is about 168,000 hectares.
(a.k.a. Rakiura) (Southland, New Zealand) (total land area)
Stewart Island, New Zealand's third-largest island measures 168,000 hectares. Eighty-five percent of the Island, or about 140,000 hectares, is Rakiura National Park, which opened in 2002.
It's about eighteen times as big as London-Gatwick Airport (LGW)
The size of London-Gatwick Airport (LGW) is about 674 hectares.
(a.k.a. Gatwick Airport, a.k.a. London Gatwick) (Crawley, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom)
London-Gatwick Airport covers 674 hectares in total area. The airport offers a single runway with a total length of 3,316 m.
It's about eighteen times as big as Gibraltar
The size of Gibraltar is about 650 hectares.
(British overseas territory) (total area)
The British overseas territory Gibraltar is located at the southern tip of Spain overlooking the Mediterranean Sea at the Strait of Gibraltar and measures of 650 hectares in total area. It is renowned as the home of the Rock of Gibraltar (a.k.a. Calpe, a.k.a. Jabal al Tariq), a well-known tourist attraction.
It's about one-twentieth as big as Cape Town
The size of Cape Town is about 246,100 hectares.
(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 246,100 hectares 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 twenty times as big as Chennai International Airport (MAA)
The size of Chennai International Airport (MAA) is about 535.40 hectares.
(f.k.a. Madras Airport) (Chennai City, Tamil Nadu, India) (total land area)
Chennai International Airport covers a total area of about 535.40 hectares, including four terminals and other outbuildings. The airport offers a total of 6,587 m runway length between its two main runways.
It's about one-twenty-fifth as big as Yosemite National Park
The size of Yosemite National Park is about 302,687 hectares.
(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 302,687 hectares in total area, of which 20,800 hectares 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)