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It's about one-tenth as big as Houston
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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-tenth as big as London
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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 eleven-and-a-half times as big as Auckland International Airport (AKL)
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The size of Auckland International Airport (AKL) is about 1,250 hectares.
(Auckland, Auckland Province, New Zealand) (airport and tenant-occupied total land area)
Auckland Airport covers a total area of about 1,250 hectares, including two terminals and surrounding businesses on airport-owned land. Its main runway is 3,635 m in length.
It's about eleven-and-a-half times as big as London Heathrow Airport (LHR)
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The size of London Heathrow Airport (LHR) is about 1,227 hectares.
(a.k.a. Heathrow Airport, a.k.a. London Airport) (London, England, United Kingdom)
London Heathrow Airport covers 1,227 hectares between four terminals. The airport offers 7,562 m of total runway length.
It's about one-tenth as big as Stewart Island
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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 twelve times as big as Tokelau
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The size of Tokelau is about 1,200 hectares.
(a.k.a. Tokelau Islands, a.k.a. The Union Islands) (New Zealand Territory) (total area)
Tokelau, a territory consisting of three coral atolls under the sovereignty of New Zealand, measures 1,200 hectares. With exports consisting of small crafts and small-scale agriculture, most of which is traded only with New Zealand, Tokelau has the smallest economy of any country in the world.
It's about twelve-and-a-half times as big as Mackinac Island
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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 thirteen times as big as Dublin International Airport (DUB)
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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 thirteen-and-a-half times as big as Boracay Island
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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-fifteenth as big as Cape Town
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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 Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport (SYD)
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The size of Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport (SYD) is about 900 hectares.
(a.k.a. Mascot Airport, a.k.a. Kingsford Smith Airport, a.k.a. Sydney Airport) (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) (total site area)
Sydney Kingston Smith Airport covers a total area of about 900 hectares, including three main terminals. The airport offers 8,930 m of total runway length.
It's about 21 times as big as London-Gatwick Airport (LGW)
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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 one-twentieth as big as Yosemite National Park
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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)
It's about twenty 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 thirty times as big as Chennai International Airport (MAA)
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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.
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