Hartford is about 3.5 times smaller than Washington.

Washington is approximately 158 sq km, while Hartford is approximately 45 sq km, making Hartford 28.43% the size of Washington.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Washington vs. Hartford uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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