City size comparison

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Alexandria is about 43 times smaller than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while Alexandria is approximately 39 sq km, making Alexandria 2.33% the size of Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. Alexandria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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