City size comparison

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Richmond is around the same size as Washington.

Washington is approximately 158 sq km, while Richmond is approximately 155 sq km, making Richmond 98.03% the size of Washington.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Washington vs. Richmond uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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