City size comparison

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Gisborne is about 4.1 times smaller than Washington.

Washington is approximately 158 sq km, while Gisborne (map shows its 10 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 38 sq km, making Gisborne 24.27% the size of Washington.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Washington vs. Gisborne uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Washington is 67.2% more expensive than Gisborne
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