City size comparison

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Lisbon is about 1.6 times smaller than Washington.

Washington is approximately 158 sq km, while Lisbon (map shows its 24 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 100 sq km, making Lisbon 63.2% the size of Washington.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Washington vs. Lisbon uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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