City size comparison

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Gent is about 11 times smaller than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while Gent is approximately 158 sq km, making Gent 9.51% the size of Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. Gent uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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