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It's about 350 times as big as Federation Square
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The size of Federation Square is about 1,500 square perches.
(Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
Federation Square, the large public square in the city center of Melbourne, measures 1,500 square perches. The main portion of the square is floored with sandstone blocks from Western Australia.
It's about 400 times as big as The Principality Stadium
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The size of The Principality Stadium is about 2,000 square perches.
(a.k.a. Stadiwm Principality, f.k.a. Millennium Stadium, f.k.a. Stadiwm y Mileniwm) (Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom) (total footprint)
The 70,000-person-plus capacity stadium of Cardiff, Principality Stadium has a total footprint of 2,000 square perches. Over 40,000 tonnes of concrete and steel during the construction of the stadium.
It's about one-four-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-four-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 450 times as big as The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
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The size of The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is about 1,250 square perches.
(Washington, D.C.) (pool surface area)
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has a water surface area of 1,250 square perches. The Pool has a sloping bottom and extends to 80 cm (30 in) in depth at its center.
It's about one-five-hundredth 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 one-seven-hundred-fiftieth 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 850 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 one-eight-hundred-fiftieth 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 1,000 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 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 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 1,000 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 one-one-thousand-five-hundredth as big as Lake Ontario
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The size of Lake Ontario is about 749,600,000 square perches.
(a.k.a. Lac Ontario) (surface area)
The smallest of North America's Great Lakes (by surface area), Lake Ontario has a total area of 749,600,000 square perches. It borders the cities of Toronto, Ontario, Canada and Rochester, New York.
It's about one-one-thousand-five-hundredth as big as Wales
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The size of Wales is about 819,680,000 square perches.
(a.k.a. Cymru) (total area)
The area of the country of Wales (in the United Kingdom) is 819,680,000 square perches. More than 30,234,000 square perches, or about 4% of the country's land area, is made up of the fifty-plus islands in the Irish and Celtic Seas off the coast of the Welsh mainland.
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