City size comparison

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Johannesburg is around the same size as Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while Johannesburg is approximately 1,644 sq km, making Johannesburg 99.11% the size of Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. Johannesburg uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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