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It's about as big as Kangaroo Island
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The size of Kangaroo Island is about 1,701 square miles.
(a.k.a. Karta) (state of South Australia, Australia)
Kangaroo Island, off the southern coast of Australia, measures 1,701 square miles in total area. The island is famous for its ligurian bee colonies, exporting over 100 tonnes of honey each year.
It's about as big as Fort Bliss
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The size of Fort Bliss is about 1,750 square miles.
(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 1,750 square miles. 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-and-one-tenth times as big as Rhode Island
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The size of Rhode Island is about 1,545.05 square miles.
(a.k.a. The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, a.k.a. RI) (United States)
The "Ocean State," Rhode Island measures 1,545.05 square miles in total area. Several large bays totaling 1,044.790 square miles make up 32.4% of its total area.
It's about nine-tenths as big as Grand Canyon National Park
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The size of Grand Canyon National Park is about 1,903.711780 square miles.
(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 1,903.711440 square miles.
It's about nine-tenths as big as Calgary
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The size of Calgary is about 1,973.06 square miles.
(Calgary metro) (Canada)
One of the largest cities in Canada, Calgary measures 1,973.06 square miles. Calgary has a large parks system, with 800 km of pathways connecting the city's various parks.
It's about three-fourths as big as Prince Edward Island
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The size of Prince Edward Island is about 2,194.570 square miles.
(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 2,194.570 square miles 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 seven-tenths as big as Tshwane
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The size of Tshwane is about 2,459 square miles.
(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 2,459 square miles 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-and-a-half times as big as Yosemite National Park
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The size of Yosemite National Park is about 1,168.680 square miles.
(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 1,168.680 square miles in total area, of which 80.30920 square miles 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 two-thirds as big as Ottawa
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The size of Ottawa is about 2,612.910 square miles.
(a.k.a. Ville d'Ottawa) (Ottawa metropolitan area) (Canada)
The capital and fourth-largest city of Canada, Ottawa measures 2,612.910 square miles. 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-and-four-fifths times as big as Cape Town
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The size of Cape Town is about 950.20 square miles.
(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 950.20 square miles 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 two-fifths as big as Hawaii (Island)
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The size of Hawaii (Island) is about 4,028.01 square miles.
(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 4,028.01 square miles 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 two-and-a-half times as big as Stewart Island
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The size of Stewart Island is about 648.70 square miles.
(a.k.a. Rakiura) (Southland, New Zealand) (total land area)
Stewart Island, New Zealand's third-largest island measures 648.70 square miles. Eighty-five percent of the Island, or about 540.50 square miles, is Rakiura National Park, which opened in 2002.
It's about three times as big as London
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The size of London is about 609.70 square miles.
(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 609.70 square miles. 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 one-third as big as Sydney
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The size of Sydney is about 4,775.20 square miles.
(a.k.a. Cadi) (Greater Sydney region) (Australia)
The region of Greater Sydney, the largest city of Oceania, measures 4,775.20 square miles. 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 50.96550 square miles.
It's about three times as big as Houston
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The size of Houston is about 579.50 square miles.
(Texas)
The largest city in Texas and the fourth-largest city in the United States as of 2009, Houston measures 579.50 square miles 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.
 
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