Chesapeake is about 6 times bigger than Washington.

Washington is approximately 158 sq km, while Chesapeake is approximately 877 sq km, making Chesapeake 454% larger than Washington.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Washington vs. Chesapeake uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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