City size comparison

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Durham is about 5 times smaller than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while Durham (map shows its 228 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 308 sq km, making Durham 18.56% the size of Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. Durham uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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