How big is 26,620,000 square perches?
It's about one-and-nine-tenths times as big as Philadelphia
The size of Philadelphia is about 13,830,000 square perches.
(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 13,830,000 square perches 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 half as big as Wellington
The size of Wellington is about 54,880,000 square perches.
(Te Whanganui-a-Tara) (New Zealand) (Wellington metro area)
The capital of New Zealand, Wellington covers 54,880,000 square perches 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 two times as big as Dublin
The size of Dublin is about 12,550,000 square perches.
(a.k.a. Baile Átha Cliath) (Leinster, Ireland) (for metro Dublin City)
The city of Dublin and its surrounding metro areas measure 12,550,000 square perches. 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 half as big as Delihi
The size of Delihi is about 58,630,000 square perches.
(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 58,630,000 square perches. Delhi has one of the highest road densities in the country of India, with 29,648 km of roads.
It's about two-fifths as big as Houston
The size of Houston is about 59,340,000 square perches.
(Texas)
The largest city in Texas and the fourth-largest city in the United States as of 2009, Houston measures 59,340,000 square perches 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 two-fifths as big as London
The size of London is about 62,430,000 square perches.
(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 62,430,000 square perches. 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 two-fifths as big as Stewart Island
The size of Stewart Island is about 66,420,000 square perches.
(a.k.a. Rakiura) (Southland, New Zealand) (total land area)
Stewart Island, New Zealand's third-largest island measures 66,420,000 square perches. Eighty-five percent of the Island, or about 55,350,000 square perches, is Rakiura National Park, which opened in 2002.
It's about two-and-a-half times as big as Edinburgh
The size of Edinburgh is about 10,400,000 square perches.
(a.k.a. Edinburgh, a.k.a. Dùn Èideann, a.k.a. Edinburgum) (Scotland, United Kingdom)
Edinburgh, Scotland's capital, measures 10,400,000 square perches. 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 times as big as Abel Tasman National Park
The size of Abel Tasman National Park is about 8,908,000 square perches.
(Tasman District, South Island, New Zealand)
New Zealand's Abel Tasman National Park measures about 8,908,000 square perches 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 312,300 square perches.
It's about one-fourth as big as Cape Town
The size of Cape Town is about 97,300,000 square perches.
(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 97,300,000 square perches 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 four times as big as Washington, D.C.
The size of Washington, D.C. is about 7,000,000 square perches.
(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 7,000,000 square perches 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-fifth as big as Yosemite National Park
The size of Yosemite National Park is about 119,673,000 square perches.
(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 119,673,000 square perches in total area, of which 8,223,670 square perches 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 one-fifth as big as Rhode Island
The size of Rhode Island is about 158,213,000 square perches.
(a.k.a. The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, a.k.a. RI) (United States)
The "Ocean State," Rhode Island measures 158,213,000 square perches in total area. Several large bays totaling 106,987,000 square perches make up 32.4% of its total area.
It's about six times as big as Hilton Head
The size of Hilton Head is about 4,304,060 square perches.
(a.k.a. Hilton Head Island) (South Carolina)
Hilton Head Island measures 4,303,980 square perches 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 one-fifth as big as Kangaroo Island
The size of Kangaroo Island is about 174,200,000 square perches.
(a.k.a. Karta) (state of South Australia, Australia)
Kangaroo Island, off the southern coast of Australia, measures 174,200,000 square perches in total area. The island is famous for its ligurian bee colonies, exporting over 100 tonnes of honey each year.