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It's about one-four-hundredth as big as Fort Bliss
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The size of Fort Bliss is about 179,000,000 square perches.
(near Las Cruces, New Mexico and El Paso, Texas)
Fort Bliss is the United States Army's second-largest installation with a total area of 179,000,000 square perches. It is known as the largest TRADOC (Training and Doctrine Command) site, the Army's largest maneuver area, and the country's largest contiguous tract of open airspace.
It's about one-four-hundredth as big as Grand Canyon National Park
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The size of Grand Canyon National Park is about 194,940,086 square perches.
(Coconino County and Mohave Counties, Arizona, near Fredonia and Grand Canyon, Arizona)
Containing the 446 km (277 mi) Grand Canyon gorge, Grand Canyon National Park covers 194,940,052 square perches.
It's about one-four-hundred-fiftieth as big as Calgary
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The size of Calgary is about 202,042,000 square perches.
(Calgary metro) (Canada)
One of the largest cities in Canada, Calgary measures 202,042,000 square perches. Calgary has a large parks system, with 800 km of pathways connecting the city's various parks.
It's about one-five-hundredth as big as Prince Edward Island
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The size of Prince Edward Island is about 224,724,000 square perches.
(a.k.a. PEI, a.k.a. P.E.I., a.k.a. Île-du-Prince-Édouard, a.k.a. Eilean a' Phrionnsa, a.k.a. Garden of the Gulf, a.k.a. Birthplace of the Confederation, a.k.a. Île Saint-Jean)
Prince Edward Island, located off Canada's eastern coast in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, measures 224,724,000 square perches in total area. Significant among Prince Edward Island's industries is agriculture, with the island producing 1.3 billion kg (1.4 million tons) of potatoes each year — almost 21% the output of the US state of Idaho with 3% as much land.
It's about one-five-hundred-fiftieth as big as Tshwane
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The size of Tshwane is about 251,800,000 square perches.
(a.k.a. Pretoria, a.k.a. ePitoli, a.k.a. Jacaranda City) (Gauteng, South Africa) (for Tshwane metro area)
Tshwane, South Africa's executive capital, measures 251,800,000 square perches in total metro area. The Reserve Bank of South Africa is the city's tallest building at 150 m in height.
It's about one-five-hundred-fiftieth as big as Ottawa
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The size of Ottawa is about 267,562,000 square perches.
(a.k.a. Ville d'Ottawa) (Ottawa metropolitan area) (Canada)
The capital and fourth-largest city of Canada, Ottawa measures 267,562,000 square perches. For many years, the skyline of Ottawa was dominated by the Peace Tower (la Tour de la Paix), with city ordinances preventing other structures from exceeding its 92.2 m height.
It's about 750 times as big as The Biltmore Estate
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The size of The Biltmore Estate is about 644 square perches.
(Asheville, North Carolina) (house only)
The main house of Biltmore Estate covers 644 square perches and contains 250 rooms. The fifty-six auxiliary buildings of the estate are interconnected through the nearly 71 km of roads on the Biltmore grounds.
It's about 850 times as big as The Great Banyan Tree
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The size of The Great Banyan Tree is about 569 square perches.
(a.k.a. The Great Banyan, a.k.a. Ficus benghalensis) (Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, Howrah, West Bengal, India)
The Great Banyan Tree is a single tree in the Indian Botanic Garden in West Bengal with aerial roots covering a total area of about 569 square perches. While its exact age is unknown, the tree has been noted in guidebooks for over 200 years.
It's about one-nine-hundredth as big as Hawaii (Island)
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The size of Hawaii (Island) is about 412,468,000 square perches.
(a.k.a. Hawaii, a.k.a. The Big Island) (Hawaii)
The largest of the main Hawaiian Islands and the largest island in the United States, Hawaii measures 412,468,000 square perches in total area. It is known for its continuously erupting (for the past two decades, as of 2011) volcano, Kīlauea, and for the black sand beaches formed by the lava flow.
It's about 1,000 times as big as Trafalgar Square
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The size of Trafalgar Square is about 470 square perches.
(a.k.a. Charing Cross) (City of Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom)
Trafalgar Square, a public square in London, measures about 470 square perches. m in total area. At the center of the Square is the 52 m Nelson's Column monument, built in the 1840s.
It's about 1,000 times as big as a City Block (Manhattan)
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The size of a City Block (Manhattan) is about 400 square perches.
(per Bridges, William - 1811 Commissioner's Plan for New York City) (approximate)
A Manhattan city block measures about 200 m between the Northeast-Southwest streets by about 60 m between the Northwest-Southeast streets for a total area of about 400 square perches. There are roughly 2,000 blocks within the city, representing one of the most prolific applications of the city planning grid plan in history.
It's about one-one-thousandth as big as Sydney
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The size of Sydney is about 488,980,000 square perches.
(a.k.a. Cadi) (Greater Sydney region) (Australia)
The region of Greater Sydney, the largest city of Oceania, measures 488,980,000 square perches. The Royal National Park, in Sutherland Shire, located in the southern part of the city, is the second oldest national park in the world and covers 5,218,870 square perches.
It's about one-one-thousand-five-hundredth as big as Brisbane
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The size of Brisbane is about 626,340,000 square perches.
(Greater Brisbane region) (Australia)
Brisbane, the most populous city in Australia, measures 626,340,000 square perches. Winding through the city is the Brisbane River, which is lined by the 870 m Bisbane Riverwalk.
It's about 1,500 times as big as The Palace of Holyroodhouse
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The size of The Palace of Holyroodhouse is about 320 square perches.
(a.k.a. Holyrood Palace) (Royal Mile, Old Town, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom) (Palace without gardens)
The Palace of Holyroodhouse, the residence of the British Monarch in Scotland, measures about 320 square perches, on a total grounds area of about 1,600 square perches. Each year, the Palace hosts a Garden Party, serving 8,000 guests from a 150-meter-long buffet table.
It's about 1,500 times as big as Seal Island
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The size of Seal Island is about 320 square perches.
(Western Cape province, South Africa)
Seal Island, named for the tens of thousands of Cape Fur Seals that live there, measures about 320 square perches. The large number seals attract great white sharks, who circle the island in a so-called "Ring of Death."
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