How big is 266,792,000 square perches?
It's about one-tenth as big as Lake Michigan
The size of Lake Michigan is about 2,290,000,000 square perches.
(surface area)
The third largest of North America's Great Lakes (by surface area), Lake Michigan has a total area of 2,290,000,000 square perches. It borders the cities of Chicago, Illinois; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Green Bay, Wisconsin
It's about eight-and-a-half times as big as New York City
The size of New York City is about 31,060,000 square perches.
(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 31,060,000 square perches 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 one-tenth as big as Lake Huron
The size of Lake Huron is about 2,360,000,000 square perches.
(a.k.a. Lac Huron) (surface area)
The second largest of North America's Great Lakes (by surface area), Lake Huron has a total area of 2,360,000,000 square perches. It borders the cities of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, and Bay City, Michigan.
It's about nine times as big as Bangalore
The size of Bangalore is about 29,300,000 square perches.
(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 29,300,000 square perches in total area. Greater Bangalore is home to Electronic City, one of the largest IT parks in the country, covering over 127,000 square perches.
It's about eleven times as big as Manila
The size of Manila is about 24,496,000 square perches.
(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 24,496,000 square perches. The area is host to a population of 12,877,253 people (as of 2015).
It's about eleven times as big as Christchurch
The size of Christchurch is about 24,000,000 square perches.
(a.k.a Ōtautahi) (urban area) (New Zealand)
Ōtautahi Christchurch, New Zealand's gateway to Antarctica, measures 24,000,000 square perches in total area.
It's about eleven-and-a-half times as big as Chicago
The size of Chicago is about 23,260,000 square perches.
(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 23,260,000 square perches 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 twelve times as big as The Isle of Man
The size of The Isle of Man is about 22,600,000 square perches.
(a.k.a. Mannin, a.k.a. Ellan Vannin, a.k.a. Mann)
The Isle of Man, a self-governing territory of England, measures 22,600,000 square perches in total area. The territory of the Isle of Man also includes the small island of Chicken Rock, which adds an additional 39.50 square perches.
It's about one-tenth as big as Lake Superior
The size of Lake Superior is about 3,250,000,000 square perches.
(a.k.a. Lac Supérieur, a.k.a. Gitchigumi, a.k.a. Gitche Gumee) (surface area)
Both the largest of North America's Great Lakes and the largest freshwater lake in the world (by surface area), Lake Superior has a total area of 3,250,000,000 square perches. It borders the cities of Duluth, Minnesota and Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
It's about one-fifteenth as big as The Island of Ireland
The size of The Island of Ireland is about 3,337,700,000 square perches.
(a.k.a. Éire, a.k.a. Airlann)
The island of Ireland - split between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland - covers 3,337,700,000 square perches. The island has been populated for over 9,000 years.
It's about fifteen times as big as San Jose
The size of San Jose is about 17,900,000 square perches.
(a.k.a. Capital of Silicon Valley) (California)
The third-largest city in California as of 2009, San Jose measures 17,900,000 square perches in total area. The city is known for its large technology industry.
It's about seventeen-and-a-half times as big as The Isle of Wight
The size of The Isle of Wight is about 15,300,000 square perches.
(England, United Kingdom)
The Isle of Wight, located in the English Channel, just off the English mainland, measures 15,300,000 square perches 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 nineteen times as big as Detroit
The size of Detroit is about 14,210,000 square perches.
(Michigan)
The largest city in Michigan as of 2009, Detroit measures 14,210,000 square perches 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 nineteen-and-a-half 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 one-twentieth as big as New York
The size of New York is about 5,586,535,000 square perches.
(United States)
The "Empire State," New York measures 5,586,535,000 square perches in total area. Adirondack Park, a 976,560,500 square perches area in the northeast region of the state, is the largest state-protected area in the contiguous United States.