City size comparison

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Jakarta is about 2.5 times smaller than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while Jakarta is approximately 662 sq km, making Jakarta 39.91% the size of Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. Jakarta uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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