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It's about twenty times as big as Detroit
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The size of Detroit is about 35,950 hectares.
(Michigan)
The largest city in Michigan as of 2009, Detroit measures 35,950 hectares 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 thirty times as big as Philadelphia
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The size of Philadelphia is about 34,990 hectares.
(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 34,990 hectares 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-twenty-fifth as big as Minnesota
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The size of Minnesota is about 22,517,060 hectares.
(United States)
The "North Star State," Minnesota measures 22,517,060 hectares in total area. Due to an error in the map used while writing the Treaty of Paris, a 154,450 hectares segment of Minnesota called the "Northwest Angle" lies north of the 49th parallel, which marks the border between the contiguous United States and Canada across the western remainder of the two countries.
It's about thirty times as big as Dublin
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The size of Dublin is about 31,750 hectares.
(a.k.a. Baile Átha Cliath) (Leinster, Ireland) (for metro Dublin City)
The city of Dublin and its surrounding metro areas measure 31,750 hectares. 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 one-thirtieth as big as Michigan
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The size of Michigan is about 25,049,360 hectares.
(United States)
The "Great Lakes State," Michigan measures 25,049,360 hectares in total area. According to some studies, there is no point in Michigan that is more than 9.66 km (6 mi) from a lake or 136.79 km (85 mi) from a Great Lake.
It's about thirty times as big as Edinburgh
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The size of Edinburgh is about 26,400 hectares.
(a.k.a. Edinburgh, a.k.a. Dùn Èideann, a.k.a. Edinburgum) (Scotland, United Kingdom)
Edinburgh, Scotland's capital, measures 26,400 hectares. Edinburgh Castle, atop Castle Rock, is the centerpiece of the city and has been continuously-occupied for over 1,800 years.
It's about one-fortieth as big as The Great Barrier Reef
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The size of The Great Barrier Reef is about 34,800,000 hectares.
(a.k.a. Barrier Reef) (Coral Sea, off Queensland, Australia) (approximate)
The Great Barrier Reef, the largest such reef in the world, covers about 34,800,000 hectares. Reefs, such as the Great Barrier, grow in diameter at a rate of 1 to 3 cm per year.
It's about forty times as big as Abel Tasman National Park
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The size of Abel Tasman National Park is about 22,530 hectares.
(Tasman District, South Island, New Zealand)
New Zealand's Abel Tasman National Park measures about 22,530 hectares 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 790 hectares.
It's about one-forty-fifth as big as Montana
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The size of Montana is about 38,083,807 hectares.
(United States)
The "Treasure State," Montana measures 38,083,807 hectares in total area. The northwest corner of Montana is home to Flathead Lake, the largest freshwater lake in the continental United States with a surface area of 49,600 hectares.
It's about one-fiftieth as big as California
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The size of California is about 42,396,958 hectares.
(United States)
The "Golden State," California measures 42,396,958 hectares in total area. California is home to both the highest point — Mt. Whitney at 4,421 m (14,505 ft) — and lowest point — Death Valley at 85.5 m (282 ft) below sea level — in the continental United States, the two of which are separated by just 123 km (76 mi).
It's about 50 times as big as Washington, D.C.
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The size of Washington, D.C. is about 17,700 hectares.
(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 17,700 hectares 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 one-eightieth as big as Texas
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The size of Texas is about 69,562,113 hectares.
(United States)
The "Lone Star State," Texas measures 69,562,113 hectares in total area. Texas covers so much area that Texarkana — a city in the state's northeastern corner — is about 30 km closer to Chicago, Illinois, than it is to El Paso — in the western corner of Texas.
It's about 80 times as big as Hilton Head
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The size of Hilton Head is about 10,886.20 hectares.
(a.k.a. Hilton Head Island) (South Carolina)
Hilton Head Island measures 10,886 hectares in total land area. The island (and city of the same name) is located in the Atlantic Ocean and is known as popular vacation destination.
It's about 90 times as big as Disney World
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The size of Disney World is about 10,100 hectares.
(a.k.a. Walk Disney World Resort, a.k.a. Walt Disney World, a.k.a. WDW) (Lake Buena Vista and Bay Lake, Florida) (total site)
Disney World currently occupies 10,100 hectares. Part of the former total area of 12,000 hectares now comprises the Disney planned community of Celebration, Florida.
It's about 100 times as big as Coron Island
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The size of Coron Island is about 7,100 hectares.
(Calamian Islands, Palawan, Philippines)
A popular tourist destination, Coron Island, measures about 7,100 hectares in total area. The rocky offshore area of the island makes it popular for shipwreck diving, with some wrecks as shallow as 10 ft. under the water.
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