City size comparison

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Los Angeles is about 8 times bigger than Washington.

Washington is approximately 158 sq km, while Los Angeles (including the city proper only) is approximately 1,215 sq km, making Los Angeles 667% larger than Washington.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Washington vs. Los Angeles uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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