City size comparison

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London is about 9 times bigger than District of Columbia.

District of Columbia is approximately 177 sq km, while London (including the 32 boroughs of greater London) is approximately 1,572 sq km, making London 788% larger than District of Columbia.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of District of Columbia vs. London uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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