City size comparison

compared to

Boston is about 1.4 times smaller than District of Columbia.

District of Columbia is approximately 177 sq km, while Boston is approximately 124 sq km, making Boston 70.06% the size of District of Columbia.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of District of Columbia vs. Boston uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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