City size comparison

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El Paso is about 2.5 times smaller than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while El Paso is approximately 670 sq km, making El Paso 40.41% the size of Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. El Paso uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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