City size comparison

compared to

Newark is about 2.5 times smaller than Washington.

Washington is approximately 158 sq km, while Newark (map shows its 20 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 63 sq km, making Newark 39.5% the size of Washington.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Washington vs. Newark uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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