City size comparison

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Houston is about 2.5 times bigger than El Paso.

El Paso is approximately 670 sq km, while Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, making Houston 147% larger than El Paso.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of El Paso vs. Houston uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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