City size comparison

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Calgary is about 2 times smaller than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while Calgary (map shows its 242 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 826 sq km, making Calgary 49.77% the size of Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. Calgary uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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