City size comparison

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Houston is about 10 times smaller than Beijing.

Beijing is approximately 16,411 sq km, while Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, making Houston 10.11% the size of Beijing.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Beijing vs. Houston uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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